摘要 |
<p>A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database a definition of a class of data storage servers comprising one or more subclasses each comprising one or more server selection criteria; associating the class with one or more directories of the data storage system; in response to a data client storing a data file in a directory, binding the class to the data file, determining and storing a set of identifiers of one or more data storage servers in the system that match the server selection criteria, and providing the set of identifiers to the data client.</p> |
申请人 |
OMNEON, INC.;HOWE, JOHN;MITARU, ALEXANDER;MORRIS, CHARLES;WANIGASEKARA-MOHOTTI, DON, HARSCHADATH |
发明人 |
HOWE, JOHN;MITARU, ALEXANDER;MORRIS, CHARLES;WANIGASEKARA-MOHOTTI, DON, HARSCHADATH |