Independent nodes (66) providing storage services can be networked together, such that client devices (60, 61) can be attached to any independent node (66c, 66d), while independent nodes (66) identify themselves to client devices (60, 61) uniformly. Each independent node (66) would have the same name,...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040139145?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040139145 - Method and apparatus for scalable distributed storage
