Message routing in a network-ready storage product for internal and external processing
US11868828B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 9, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/1668
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage product having a network interface and a bus switch connecting a random-access memory, a processing device, and a storage device, and connected via an external computer bus to an external processor. The storage product can receive via the network interface first messages and second messages for network storage services. The bus switch is operable to provide a first bus between the processing device and the random-access memory to buffer the first messages into the random-access memory, a second bus between the processing device and the storage device to buffer the second messages into a local memory of the storage device, and a third bus between the processor and the random-access memory to retrieve the first messages from the random-access memory and generate third messages. The storage device is configured to process the second and third messages to provide network storage services.
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