Network storage system for a download intensive environment

A method for directing permanent storage of data by a data storage server (DSS) in a download intensive environment, comprising:

• detecting a storage operation on data with respect of a temporary storage;
• parsing, by a respective of protocol parser, a protocol of the storage operation;
• determining an appropriate stream address of the temporary storage respective of the parsed protocol;
• determining if the detected storage operation matches storage operation on a user storage that is associated with a registered client of a virtual file system;
• and
• sending a request to the DSS to permanently store the data on a back-end storage (BES), wherein the request comprises the appropriate stream address, upon determining that the detected storage operation matches a user storage operation of the plurality of user storage operations.

A method for sharing data stored on a data storage server (DSS), comprising:

• monitoring transactions over a network communicatively connected to the DSS to identify a network transaction of transactional data by a transacting client;
• upon identification of the network transaction, determining whether there is a match between the transactional data and a previously stored data associated with at least one subscribed client;
• upon determining a match, sending a challenge to at least a challenged client;
• receiving a response from each of the at least a challenged client;
• determining, based on the response, whether the received response is valid;
• and
• upon determining that the received response is valid, subscribing the transacting client to the previously stored data.

A system for directing permanent storage of data by a data storage server (DSS) in a download intensive environment, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the system to:
• monitor transactions over a network communicatively connected to the DSS to identify a network transaction of transactional data by a transacting client;
• upon identification of the network transaction, determine whether there is a match between the transactional data and a previously stored data associated with at least one subscribed client;
• upon determining a match, send a challenge to at least a challenged client;
• receive a response from each of the at least a challenged client;
• determine, based on the response, whether the received response is valid;
• and
• upon determining that the received response is valid, subscribe the transacting client to the previously stored data.