NAS off-loading of network traffic for shared files

摘要

A device may comprise storage, a network interface configured to couple the device to a computer network and a processor connected to the storage and to the network interface. The processor may be configured to store a file in the storage, divide the file into at least a first and second part, send the first part of the file to a first selected remote storage coupled to the computer network and send the second part of the file to a second selected remote storage coupled to the computer network, the second remote storage being different from the first remote storage, such that, responsive to receiving, over the network, a request from a requestor to access the file, the first part of the file is provided to the requestor from the first remote storage and the second part of the file is provided to the requestor from the second remote storage.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
local storage; a network interface configured to couple the device to a computer network; and a processor connected to the local storage and to the network interface, the processor being configured to:
store a file in the local storage;divide the file into at least a first part and a second part;store the first part and second part of the file in the local storage;send the first part of the file to a first selected remote storage coupled to the computer network;send the second part of the file to a second selected remote storage coupled to the computer network, the second remote storage being different from the first remote storage;receive, over the computer network, a request from a requestor to access the file;responsive to the request, send at least one link over the computer network, the at least one link providing the requestor with access, over the computer network, to at least one of the first part and second part of the file in the first and second remote storages;determine whether one of the first part and the second part of the file is unavailable or inaccessible from the first remote storage or the second remote storage; andresponsive to one of the first part and the second part of the file being unavailable or inaccessible from the first remote storage or the second remote storage, send, to the requestor, one of:
an unavailable or inaccessible one of the first part and second part of the file, from the local storage; anda link to the unavailable or inaccessible one of the first part and second part of the file stored in the local storage.