Multiple applications request data from multiple storage units over a computer network. The data is divided into segments and each segment is distributed randomly on one of several storage units, independent of the storage units on which other segments of the media data are stored. Redundancy information...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020162047?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020162047 - Computer system and process for transferring streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner
