摘要:
A system and method for cloud file management are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises registering the first user and the first device with a server, creating a library for object storage, transmitting an invitation to access the library to a second user, the second user having a second device, verifying and granting the second user access to the library, wherein granting the second user access to the library comprises granting the second device access to the library. An object having a replication factor and two or more components is stored on one or more of the first device and the second device according to the replication factor and total storage available on the first device and the second device.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a method for collecting updates for a plurality of objects over a cloud data network includes: determining a set of remote devices known to have updates for a selected object, wherein each of said remote devices maintains a set of locally updated objects that includes the selected object; and downloading the updates for the selected object from said set of remote devices. Where said downloading the updates for the selected object results in a name conflict, the method further includes resolving said name conflict, wherein said resolving includes selecting said selected object as a target and said existing object as an alias having a pointer relationship to the target; and merging all meta-data of the alias object into the target.