Patent ID: 8332609
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for storing downloadable content on a plurality of Enterprise Storage System (ESS) cells to which content is assigned based on proximity to a geographic location of the sender, the plurality of ESS cells being cells that are dedicated to the ESS in a grid having service delivery agents and download services that allow requested content to be retrieved in chunks from multiple ESS cells, comprising: receiving the downloadable content and characteristics corresponding to the downloadable content on a download grid manager; and replicating the downloadable content from the download grid manager to unused storage space of the plurality of ESS cells based on the characteristics and a storage policy that indicates a limit of the unused storage space on each of the plurality of ESS cells that the downloadable content is permitted occupy, by: wherein the download grid manager manages the downloadable content by at least one of: deleting the downloadable content from one of the plurality of ESS cells or moving the downloadable content to another ESS cell, based on the priority, the limit, and the feedback.