摘要 |
A method performed by a switch, the method comprising receiving a request for a file from a client, wherein the file is located in a distributed storage system, extracting a directory for the file from the request, performing longest prefix matching (LPM) of the directory against a forwarding information base (FIB) to identify a port, wherein the FIB associates directories with ports of the switch, and forwarding the client request toward a server containing the file via the identified port, wherein the server is one of a plurality of servers in the distributed storage system. |