| 摘要 |
One embodiment of the invention relates to a storage system processing a request received from a host computer for content units that meet at least one selection criterion specified in the request. The storage system may identify content units stored thereon that meet the selection criterion or criteria and return these content units to the host computer in response to the request. In another embodiment, while the storage system is in the process of identifying and returning content units in response to the request, a second host computer may send an instruction to the storage system requesting to receive a portion of the content units that satisfy the search criterion or criteria. In response, the storage system may begin providing a portion of the content units that satisfy the selection criterion or criteria and that have not already been provided to the host computer that sent the request to the second host computer.
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