Patent attributes
A file processing system includes a system targeting unit to target a distributed file system, a chunk generator to generate a chunk including file blocks and to generate copies of the chunk to be stored in the distributed file system, a data storage medium to store the chunk, and a chunk operation requesting unit to request storage of the generated chunk copies in the distributed file system. A distributed file system includes a first data server and a second data server. Each data server includes a chunk storage unit to store a chunk copy received from a file processing system, and a chunk operation performing unit to generate an identical copy of the stored chunk copy that is undamaged to replace a damaged chunk copy.