Patent ID: 8112395
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A distributed file storage system comprising: a plurality of storage devices comprising at least a first storage device, a second storage device, a third storage device, and a fourth storage device, wherein each of the plurality of storage devices comprises a computer processor and at least one executable software module, wherein the first storage device, the second storage device, the third storage device and the fourth storage device are each a different storage device; a file comprising multiple data blocks, the multiple data blocks comprising at least a first data block and a second data block, the first data block stored on the first storage device and the second data block stored on the second storage device; file metadata comprising address locations of the first data block and the second data block, the file metadata stored on the first storage device; and directory metadata comprising an address location of the file metadata, the directory metadata comprising: wherein the at least one executable software module of the first storage device is executed by a computer processor and configured to: