Automatic load spreading in a clustered network storage system

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory

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C709S214000, C709S230000, C709S231000, C709S226000, C709S227000, C711S113000, C711S114000, C711S122000, C711S141000, C711S213000

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08046422

ABSTRACT:
A cache is used in a network storage system that includes a plurality of data storage nodes in a storage cluster, to automatically spread read and write access load, by a plurality of storage clients, for file system data and metadata, across the plurality of data storage nodes.

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