Patent ID: 7689764
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A distributed storage system comprising: a storage agent operable to perform a look-up in a routing table to determine a routing node for a data object on the basis of an identifier therefore, the identifier for the data object being based on data content thereof, and to send a message including the identifier relating to that data object to the identified routing node; and a plurality of routing nodes, each operable to perform a look-up in a routing table to determine a further routing node for a data object described in an identifier included in a message received at the routing node, and to forward the message to the identified further routing node; wherein at least a subset of the routing nodes are each operable to store data objects having an identifier within a predetermined range, and wherein the routing table for each such node indicates that the further routing node is the current node for identifiers within said predetermined range.