Directed placement of data in a redundant data storage system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8504571
APP PUB NO 20120191710A1
SERIAL NO

13357524

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A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.

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  • HARMONIC INC.

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Howe, John Saratoga, US 7 469
Mitaru, Alexander Beaverton, US 2 82
Morris, Charles San Jose, US 13 306
Wanigasekara-Mohotti, Don Harschadath Santa Clara, US 6 148

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