Multi-homed data forwarding storage

A tangible computer readable medium embodying instructions for causing a data processing apparatus to perform a method for storing data in a computer having multiple non-loopback network addresses, the method comprising:

• receiving a request to store at least one data item;
• directing the at least one data item to a first non-loopback network address available to receive the at least one data item;
• in response to the request to store the at least one data item, continuously forwarding the at least one data item among the multiple non-loopback network addresses in the computer system without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium in the computer system, the continuously forwarding comprising:
• detecting a presence of the at least one data item at a specific non-loopback network address;
• and
• forwarding the at least one data item among the multiple non-loopback network addresses in the computer without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium, the forwarded at least one data item being available for retrieval if a request to retrieve the at least one data item is received.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• multiple network interfaces, each of the network interfaces including a unique non-loopback Internet protocol (IP) address;
• a data forwarding storage process comprising:
• receiving a request to store at least one data item;
• directing the at least one data item to a first non-loopback IP address available to receive the at least one data item;
• in response to the request to store the at least one data item, continuously forwarding the at least one data item among the multiple non-loopback IP addresses in the computer system without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium in the computer system, the continuously forwarding comprising:
• detecting a presence of the at least one data item at a specific non-loopback IP address;
• and
• forwarding the at least one data item among the multiple non-loopback IP addresses without storing the forwarded at least one data item on any fixed storage medium, the forwarded at least one data item being available for retrieval if a request to retrieve the at least one data item is received.