Patent ID: 7240155
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing a network-RAID operation in a distributed storage system, the distributed storage system including a plurality of client nodes and at least one central server node, the method comprising: receiving a request for a network-RAID operation at a client node; determining at the client node to process the requested network-RAID operation at the client node when a local estimator for a type of the requested network-RAID operation is less than a central estimator for the type of the requested network-RAID operation, the local estimator relating to a processing estimate for processing the requested network-RAID operation at the client node and the central estimator relating to a processing estimate for processing the requested network-RAID operation at a storage server; and determining at the client node to process the requested network-RAID operation at a storage server when the local estimator for the type of the requested network-RAID operation is greater than the central estimator for the type of the requested network-RAID operation.