Patent 7562110 was granted and assigned to F5 Networks on July, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An apparatus and method are provided in a computer network to decouple the client from the server, by placing a transparent network node, also termed a file switch or file switch computer, between the client and the server. Usage of such a file switch allows reduced latency in file transfers, as well as scalable mirroring, striping, spillover, and other features.