Patent ID: 7181480

Claim:
A database storage system for providing storage for metadata sets, each metadata set related to a file uploaded by a user over a network, the database storage system comprising: a plurality of database storage facilities for storing the metadata sets, each database storage facility comprising at least two logically partitioned sections, wherein the file is directed to at least one alternate database storage facility and at least one database storage facility stores a first original metadata set in one logically partitioned section of the at least one database storage facility and stores a copy of a second original metadata set, the second original metadata set located in another database storage facility, in another logically partitioned section of the at least one database storage facility, such that storing the first original metadata set and the copy of the second original metadata set is based on an user identifier; and a file management component for managing metadata storage in order to store each metadata set in more than one logically partitioned section and in more than one database storage facility.