LOAD BALANCING BACKUP JOBS IN A VIRTUALIZED STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF PHYSICAL NODES

摘要

Systems and methods of load balancing backup jobs in a virtualized storage system having a plurality of physical nodes are disclosed. An example of a method includes receiving a backup job from a client for data on a plurality of virtualized storage nodes presented to the client as a single object. The method also includes identifying at least one property of the backup job. The method also includes directing incoming data for the backup job to a particular one of the plurality of virtualized storage nodes, selection of the particular one of the plurality of virtualized storage nodes based on the at least one property of the backup job.