1. A method for managing data comprising:
receiving a data request at a first data agent, the data request relating to a source host, a destination host, and a transfer protocol;
determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request based on a determination of association between the first data agent and one or more of the source host, the destination host, and the transfer protocol;
if the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request, processing the data request via the first data agent; and
if the data agent is not configured to satisfy the data request, transmitting the data request to a second data agent associated with one or more of the source host, the destination host, and the transfer protocol.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data request comprises an identifier relating to content.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data request comprises an authentication request, an upload request, a download request, a transfer request, a delete request, a statistics request, a status request, or a sign out request, or a combination thereof.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the source host and the destination host is a computing device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a protocol associated with the source host is different from a protocol associated with the destination host.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the data request via the first data agent comprises asynchronously satisfying the data request.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request comprises one or more of determining a protocol capability of the first data agent, determining a data type capability of the first data agent, determining a communication relationship of the first agent and one or more of the source host and the destination host, and determining a capacity of the first data agent.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the data request to a second data agent comprises executing a fairness algorithm.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a job identifier if the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request.
10. A method for managing data comprising:
receiving a data request at a first data agent, the data request relating to a transfer protocol;
determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request using the transfer protocol;
if the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request using the transfer protocol, satisfying the data request via the first data agent; and
if the data agent is not configured to satisfy the data request, delegating the data request to a second data agent, wherein the second data agent is associated with the transfer protocol.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data request comprises an authentication request, an upload request, a download request, a transfer request, a delete request, a statistics request, a status request, or a sign out request, or a combination thereof.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the transfer protocol can comprise FTP, HTTP, SFTP, or ASPERA, or a combination thereof.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether the first data agent is configured to satisfy the data request comprises one or more of determining a protocol capability of the first data agent, determining a data type capability of the first data agent, determining a communication relationship of the first agent and one or more of the source host and the destination host, and determining a capacity of the first data agent.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first data agent has knowledge of the presence of the second data agent.
15. A network for managing data comprising:
a plurality of computing devices, wherein one or more of the plurality of computing devices is associated with one or more of a plurality of transfer protocols;
a first data agent in communication with a first group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the first data agent is configured to satisfy data requests relating to the first group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices; and
a second data agent in communication with a second group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the second data agent is configured to satisfy data requests relating to the second group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices, and wherein one or more of the first data agent and the second data agent is further configured to delegate data requests to the other.
16. The network of claim 15, wherein the data requests comprise an authentication request, an upload request, a download request, a transfer request, a delete request, a statistics request, a status request, or a sign out request, or a combination thereof.
17. The network of claim 15, wherein two or more of the plurality of computing devices are associated with different transfer protocols.
18. The network of claim 15, wherein the first group of one or more of the plurality of computing devices comprises at least one of the plurality of the computing devices that is not part of the second group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices.
19. The network of claim 15, wherein the second group of one or more of the plurality of computing devices comprises at least one of the plurality of the computing devices that is not part of the first group of the one or more of the plurality of computing devices.
20. The network of claim 15, wherein one or more of the first data agent and the second data agent is further configured to transmit a job identifier to a source of one or more data requests.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An assembly for stripping a medium from a mold cavity, the assembly comprising:
at least one stripper shoe;
a head structure; and
at least one flexible plunger connecting the head structure and the at least one stripper shoe and having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the at least one flexible plunger further having a first direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and the first direction;
a first bending stiffness of the at least one flexible plunger about the first direction and at the first end; and
a second bending stiffness of the at least one flexible plunger about the first direction and at a position between the first end and the second end, wherein the second bending stiffness is substantially less than the first bending stiffness.
2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one flexible plunger includes at least one cutout substantially responsible for the second bending stiffness being substantially less than the first bending stiffness.
3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the at least one flexible plunger includes a tube structure and a cross section having four sides and four corners.
4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one cutout includes at least four cutouts such that at least one of the four cutouts encompasses a portion of each of the four sides.
5. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein the at least one cutout includes at least four cutouts such that at least one of the four cutouts encompasses a portion of each of the four corners.
6. The assembly according to claim 3, further comprising:
a third bending stiffness about the second direction and at the first end; and
a fourth bending stiffness about the second direction and at the position between the first end and the second end, wherein the fourth bending stiffness is substantially less than the third bending stiffness.
7. The assembly according to claim 6, wherein the second bending stiffness is approximately half of the first bending stiffness and the fourth bending stiffness is approximately half of the third bending stiffness.
8. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first end attaches to the head structure and the second end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe.
9. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe and the second end attaches to the head structure.
10. An assembly for stripping concrete from a mold, the assembly comprising:
at least one stripper shoe receivable in the mold;
a head structure; and
at least one flexible plunger connecting the head structure to the at least one stripper shoe and configured from a hollow tube having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the hollow tube further having at least one opening at least partially between the first end and the second end, a first direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a second direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and the first direction;
a first bending stiffness of the hollow tube about the first direction and at the first end; and
a second bending stiffness of the hollow tube about the first direction and at the at least one opening, wherein the second bending stiffness is substantially less than the first bending stiffness.
11. The assembly according to claim 10, wherein the hollow tube includes a cross section having four sides and four corners.
12. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein the at least one opening includes four openings with each of the four sides of the hollow tube at least partially encompassed by one of the four openings.
13. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein the at least one opening includes four openings with each of the four corners of the hollow tube at least partially encompassed by one of the four openings.
14. The assembly according to claim 11, further comprising:
a third bending stiffness of the hollow tube about the second direction and at the first end; and
a fourth bending stiffness located about the second direction and at the at least one opening, wherein the fourth bending stiffness is substantially less than the third bending stiffness.
15. The assembly according to claim 14, wherein the second bending stiffness is approximately half of the first bending stiffness and the fourth bending stiffness is approximately half of the third bending stiffness.
16. The assembly according to claim 10, wherein the first end attaches to the head structure and the second end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe.
17. The assembly according to claim 10, wherein the first end attaches to the at least one stripper shoe and the second end attaches to the head structure.
18. A method of increasing flexibility in an assembly for forming masonry units, the method comprising the steps of:
forming at least one plunger using a tubular structure having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis therebetween, the tubular structure having a wall, a first direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a first bending stiffness about the first direction and at the first end of the tubular structure;
forming at least one opening in the wall of the tubular structure at least partially between the first end and the second end, the at least one opening being responsible for a second bending stiffness about the first direction and at the at least one opening, the second bending stiffness being substantially less than the first bending stiffness;
connecting the at least one plunger to a head structure; and
connecting the at least one plunger to a stripper shoe.
19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the tubular structure includes a second direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and the first direction and a third bending stiffness about the second direction and at the first end of the tubular structure; and wherein the at least one opening being responsible for a fourth bending stiffness about the second direction and at the at least one opening, the fourth bending stiffness being substantially less than the third bending stiffness.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the second bending stiffness is approximately half of the first bending stiffness and the fourth bending stiffness is approximately half of the third bending stiffness.