Offload of storage node scale-out management to a smart network interface controller
US11509606B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/1569
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Examples described herein relate to a network interface that includes an initiator device to determine a storage node associated with an access command based on an association between an address in the command and a storage node. The network interface can include a redirector to update the association based on messages from one or more remote storage nodes. The association can be based on a look-up table associating a namespace identifier with prefix string and object size. In some examples, the access command is compatible with NVMe over Fabrics. The initiator device can determine a remote direct memory access (RDMA) queue-pair (QP) lookup for use to perform the access command.
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