| CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) [H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method of managing data transfer for a plurality of data centers, the method comprising:
identifying data transfer capacity and data transfer demand for each server of a plurality of data centers;
calculating a data transfer distribution for the plurality of data centers that prioritizes data transfer between servers of a first data center of the plurality of data centers over data transfer between servers of the first data center and servers of the remaining data centers of the plurality of data centers based on the identified data transfer capacity and the data transfer demand; and
allocating data transfers to the servers of the plurality of data centers.
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