Patent ID: 8949525
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of setting up a redistribution scheme for redistributing digital data packages within a digital data storage system comprising providing, at a plurality of nodes, a plurality of data packages, determining a second distribution configuration, in accordance with which second distribution configuration the plurality of data packages are to be redistributed, during a transition period, among the plurality of nodes; applying a migration function to the respective keys of each of the plurality of data packages, to determine, for each data package, a migration value associated with that data package; and assigning, to each of the plurality of data packages, a migration time within the transition period, based on its associated migration value, at which times the respective data packages are to be migrated within those of the plurality of nodes indicated by the second distribution configuration, to be in conformity with the second distribution configuration, so that,