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Methods and systems for key sharding of objects stored in distributed storage system

US9767130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2015
Grant dateSep 19, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2209/24
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure also provides systems and methods for sharding objects stored in a distributed storage system. In accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein, a key sharding technique is used. Key sharding is an advantageously efficient technique when dealing with an object containing a collection of key-value records. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, referenced chunks identified by the key shards may each store a subset of the collection of the key-value records, and the key-value records in the subset have key hashes that have a range of matching bits in common. One embodiment disclosed herein provides a method of performing a delta edit of a named object stored in a distributed storage system in which a payload of the named object is stored in key shards. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.

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