SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESTRIPING FILES IN A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of restriping data stored in a plurality of smart storage devices in an intelligent distributed file system, the method comprising: identifying at least one smart storage device on which clusters of data from an existing file may be stored; storing the clusters on the identified smart storage device; determining that the clusters were successfully stored; and updating metadata related to the clusters of data to reflect new assignments.