| US 7,587,569 B2 | ||
| System and method for removing a storage server in a distributed column chunk data store | ||
| Radha Krishna Uppala, Bellevue, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/305,963. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0143557 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—165 [711/114; 711/153; 711/173; 711/221; 707/101; 707/202; 707/203; 707/204; 714/5; 714/7] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method for removing a storage server in a distributed system, comprising:
removing a storage server operably coupled to one or more storage servers storing column chunks of a partitioned data table;
updating metadata for distributing the column chunks stored on the storage server among the one or more storage servers; and
migrating some of the column chunks among the storage server and the one or more storage servers.
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