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Memory management and recovery for datacenters

US8181061B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 2010
Grant dateMay 15, 2012
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2211/104
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system including a plurality of servers, a client, and a metadata server is described herein. The servers each store tracts of data, a plurality of the tracts comprising a byte sequence and being distributed among the plurality of servers. To locate the tracts, the metadata server generates a table that is used by the client to identify servers associated with the tracts, enabling the client to provide requests to the servers. The metadata server also enables recovery in the event of a server failure. Further, the servers construct tables of tract identifiers and locations to use in responding to the client requests.

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