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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 1, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 35
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Breaking News -
Storage:
Radiant Receives Patent For
Distributed File Consistency
Radiant Data Corporation, a leading provider of continuous data
availability
products to the Linux market, announced that the United States Patent and
Trademark Office has granted the company a U.S. patent for its technology
developments in the field of distributed file consistency. The patent is
titled 6,611,848, Methods for Maintaining Data and Attribute Coherency in
Instances of Sharable Files. The patent describes a means for maintaining data
consistency among any number of data storage nodes over long distances, which
is a critical requirement for disk-based disaster recovery and collaboration
solutions.
"Radiant Data has invented the world's first peer-to-peer replicating file
system," said Rex O'Neal, general manager of Radiant Data. "Our Radiant Data
Server software product provides a simple means to replicate, synchronize and
share data reliably and securely on a global basis.
"File system technologies are receiving increasing attention today because
they are the only efficient means to merge application and data storage
management domains on a global basis, and among heterogeneous hardware
platforms. This patent is the first to issue related to our revolutionary
product architecture and validates our leadership in the development of data
sharing technologies," O'Neal added.
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