US 12,487,781 B2
File chunk distribution and ownership determination
Peter Vajgel, Menlo Park, CA (US); Robert Lee, Pebble Beach, CA (US); John Hayes, Mountain View, CA (US); and Igor Ostrovsky, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/930,692.
Application 18/930,692 is a continuation of application No. 18/350,440, filed on Jul. 11, 2023, granted, now 12,147,715.
Application 18/350,440 is a continuation of application No. 17/213,761, filed on Mar. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,704,073, issued on Jul. 18, 2023.
Application 17/213,761 is a continuation of application No. 14/798,371, filed on Jul. 13, 2015, granted, now 10,983,732, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0053347 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/0679 (2013.01) [G06F 16/182 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, for a file chunk of a file stored within a storage system, an authority having ownership of the file chunk from a plurality of authorities, among differing storage nodes of the storage system, wherein the determining comprises performing a hash calculation;
receiving from the authority having ownership of the file chunk, location information for the file chunk; and
accessing the file chunk of the file as directed by the authority having ownership of the file chunk.