Automatic load spreading in a clustered network storage system
US8046422B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2092
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cache is used in a network storage system that includes a plurality of data storage nodes in a storage cluster, to automatically spread read and write access load, by a plurality of storage clients, for file system data and metadata, across the plurality of data storage nodes.
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