Goal-oriented storage management for a distributed data storage network
US8886705B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1837
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for performing goal-oriented storage management for a distributed data storage network. Storage management software may execute on each node to cause the distributed data storage network to converge toward a system-wide storage goal. In various embodiments, the system-wide storage goal may be defined to accomplish any of various kinds of optimizations or performance improvements for the system, such as balancing storage utilization, achieving appropriate data replication, increasing performance, increasing fault tolerance, etc.
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