Peer Data Transfer Orchestration

Abstract

A system, method, service, and program storage device implementing a method of transferring data, wherein the method comprises arranging a plurality of peer systems in a computer network; coupling at least one data server preferably comprises data to the plurality of peer systems, wherein the plurality of peer systems comprise a first peer system and at least one second peer system; the first peer system instructing the at least one second peer system to collaboratively transfer the data from the at least one data server to the first peer system; and the at least one second peer system transferring the data from the at least one data server to the first peer system. The plurality of peer systems is preferably grid enabled.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 128,100 filed May 12, 2005, the complete disclosure of which, in its entirety, is herein incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The embodiments of the invention generally relate to network computing, and, more particularly, to network-based data transferring systems.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]The transfer of data from one system to another is a fundamental aspect of network computing. With the advent of grid and localized orchestration of file distribution, the transfer of data from a first system to a second system (i.e., peer-to-peer data transfer) has increased considerably. Data transfer requests in a grid system are generally services performed by many systems.[0006]However, there are generally two major problems with these approaches to data transfer. First, peers are bandwidth limited by the technology or configura...

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Benefits of technology

The invention is a data transfer system that includes a plurality of peer systems and a data server. The first peer system is responsible for instructing the second peer system to transfer data from the data server to the first peer system. The second peer system then collaborates with the first peer system to transfer the data. The system is designed to be efficient and reliable, with the ability to handle large amounts of data transfer. The technical effects of the invention include improved data transfer speed, reliability, and security.

Problems solved by technology

However, there are generally two major problems with these approaches to data transfer.

First, peers are bandwidth limited by the technology or configuration of their connection to the network.

Even if the peer happens to be a mainframe with multiple connections to multiple networks, there generally is a limitation to the amount of data that can be transferred to the peer.

Specifically, each network connection can typically only sustain a maximum rate of transfer and this is true for network hubs, switches, and bridges.

Second, the existing systems typically address orchestration servers.

However, clients typically have limitations on how much data they can pull down at any one time.

The best-case scenario is the same as the single transfer and could even be worse due to overhead.

The limitation to this approach is the fixed nature of the available bandwidth for a given server.

Again, this approach is generally limited by the physical configuration of the network bandwidth allocated to the requesting server 165.

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