Policy based intelligent data placement
US9032061B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 16, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 12, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique performs policy-based intelligent data placement in an electronic environment. The technique involves selecting, from a pool of candidate local area networks (LANs) of the electronic environment, a plurality of LANs within which to store the data based on a set of policy priority levels assigned to the data. The technique further involves generating a set of information elements (e.g., data fragments, erasure codes, etc.) from the data, and placing the set of information elements on storage nodes of the plurality of LANs. Such a method enables the data to be stored in a distributed manner and alleviates the need for a central storage facility. Since the data is distributed among the storage nodes of the plurality of LANs, system capacity and infrastructure is able to grow (i.e., scale) in a manner which does not create a problematic bottleneck.
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