Methods and apparatus for providing hypervisor level data services for server virtualization
US11681543B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/542
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A hypervisor virtual server system, including a plurality of virtual servers, a plurality of virtual disks that are read from and written to by the plurality of virtual servers, a physical disk, an I/O backend coupled with the physical disk and in communication with the plurality of virtual disks, which reads from and writes to the physical disk, a tapping driver in communication with the plurality of virtual servers, which intercepts I/O requests made by any one of said plurality of virtual servers to any one of said plurality of virtual disks, and a virtual data services appliance, in communication with the tapping driver, which receives the intercepted I/O write requests from the tapping driver, and that provides data services based thereon.
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