Patent ID: 11886307
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
co-locating, at the first site, the file server and corresponding data path components with the client, wherein co-locating with the client at the first site is performed based on one or more rules that include:
a change in workload at the first site, due to co-locating the client at the first site, is less than a threshold change in workload;
a plurality of clients, including the client, that access the file server are located at the first site;
the client is located at the first site and other clients that access the file server are located at the second site, and there is no open file handle for the file server; and
a determination of an aggregate of traffic at each site, wherein the first site is determined to have highest traffic, and wherein co-location is performed after there are no open file handles.