Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Remote data accessing – Accessing a remote server
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-13
2005-12-13
Thompson, Marc D. (Department: 2144)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Remote data accessing
Accessing a remote server
C709S245000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06976060
ABSTRACT:
A system and method to allow scalability of file storage in terms of capacity and performance through a symmetric multicomputer architecture with shared storage, in which storage and protocol processing resources can be added to (or removed from) the system without any need of recognizing and/or explicitly migrating the data stored in the system. The invention permits accessing files stored (i.e., written) in any of multiple external protocol processing nodes to be retrieved from any other external protocol processing node.
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Feinberg George M.
Manczak Olaf
Nowicki Kacper
Qureshi Waheed I.
Ramos Luis A.
Agami Sytems, Inc.
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray US LLP
Thompson Marc D.
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