A distributed network-attached storage network provides content distribution using conventional file transfer protocols such as NFS and CIFS. A filer proxy accepts a client request and translates the client request to a file transfer protocol accepted at the file system having the file requested in the...http://www.google.de/patents/US7254636?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7254636 - Method and apparatus for transparent distributed network-attached storage with web cache communication protocol/anycast and file handle redundancy
