US 12,267,387 B2
Load balanced network file accesses
Maor Ben Dayan, Tel Aviv (IL); Omri Palmon, Tel Aviv (IL); and Liran Zvibel, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Weka.IO Ltd., (IL)
Filed by Weka.IO Ltd, Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/359,986.
Application 18/359,986 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,834, filed on Aug. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,736,561.
Application 17/402,834 is a continuation of application No. 15/922,997, filed on Mar. 16, 2018, granted, now 11,108,852, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Application 15/922,997 is a continuation of application No. 15/427,510, filed on Feb. 8, 2017, granted, now 9,948,705, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 15/427,510 is a continuation of application No. 14/938,468, filed on Nov. 11, 2015, granted, now 9,699,244, issued on Jul. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379381 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04L 43/0882 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/101 (2022.01); H04L 67/1029 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 69/40 (2022.01); H04L 101/668 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) [G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/101 (2013.01); H04L 67/1029 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04L 2101/668 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a first computing device, associated with a first network adapter, configured to serve a file system request to any of a first plurality of virtual IP addresses that represent multiple resources in the system;
a second computing device, associated with a second network adapter, configured to serve a file system request to any of a second plurality of virtual IP addresses that is distinct from the first plurality of virtual IP addresses, wherein the first network adapter and the second network adapter are physically located on separate devices in a cluster;
a third computing device, associated with a third network adapter, configured to serve a file system request to any of a third plurality of virtual IP addresses that is distinct from both the first and second pluralities of virtual IP addresses; and
a device coordinator configured to achieve load balancing after a network event, by reassigning each of the first plurality of virtual IP addresses to be served by one of the second computing device and the third computing device, wherein:
the reassigning of virtual IP addresses is performed within the cluster, and
the reassigning of the virtual IP addresses does not involve a reassigning of physical IP addresses.