SwiftStack Assigned Patent
Usage and bandwidth utilization collection mechanism for distributed storage system
By Francis Pelletier | January 4, 2018 at 2:53 pmSwiftStack, Inc., San Francisco, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,842,153) developed by Bishop, Darrell, San Francisco, CA, for an “usage and bandwidth utilization collection mechanism for a distributed storage system.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A technique is introduced that enables one or more mechanisms to collect storage and transfer utilization metrics for an account in a distributed data storage system that are more scalable and robust than conventional ways. The technique includes a method comprising, for each of the nodes, of collecting storage utilization data for a one account. The method further includes, for each proxy server, collecting transfer utilization data for the one account. The method further includes, at the controller, generating a cluster account interval, (CAI) data based on a raw storage data file and an aggregated transfer data file. The CAI data include storage and transfer utilization data over a predetermined time span.”
The patent application was filed on March 3, 2015 (14/637,284).
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