Patent ID: 9727437
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G06F,H03M

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising: accessing a first data concerning an operating condition associated with an erasure code based object storage system, the object storage system comprising two or more devices on which an erasure code can be stored, where the operating condition concerns a load balance measure associated with the object storage system, and at least one of a capacity balance measure associated with the object storage system, or a fault tolerance measure associated with the object storage system; recognizing an association between a plurality of objects associated with an erasure code to be stored in the object storage system; identifying a usage pattern associated with the plurality of objects, where the usage pattern is based, at least in part, on the association, where the usage pattern concerns a relationship between an ingest site and an accessing site, and a relationship between the plurality of objects or erasure codes to be stored in the object storage system; generating a prediction of where, in the object storage system, a read operation will be performed on the plurality of objects, based, at least in part, on the usage pattern; and creating a distribution plan to control distribution of erasure codes to members of the two or more devices when the erasure codes are stored in the object storage system, where the distribution plan is based, at least in part, on the first data and the prediction.