System and method for controlling a flow of storage access requests
US10990447B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/6215
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and a system for controlling the access of a plurality of client computers to storage media, the system including: a processor, a Random-Access Memory (RAM) device; and a Network Interface Controller (NIC), configured to establish a plurality of connections with the clients. The processor may dynamically allocate a buffer memory space to each connected client computer on the RAM device, and the NIC may be configured to receive at least one storage access request from at least one client, over at least one computer network connection. The RAM device may accumulate data of the at least one storage access request in the buffer allocated to the respective connected client computer, and the processor may be configured, upon completion of the accumulation of data, to propagate the buffered data to at least one storage device of the storage media.
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