Apparatus and method for packet based storage virtualization
US7302500B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0683
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for data processing and virtualization. The method and apparatus are configured to receive communications, separate a command communication from a data communication, parallel process the command communication and the data communication, generate at least one virtual command based on the command communication, and generate virtual data according to the at least one virtual command. The apparatus can comprise a parallel virtualization subsystem configured to separate data communications from command communications and to parallel process the command communications and the data communications, to generate virtual commands and to generate virtual data according to a virtual command, and a physical volume driver coupled with the parallel virtualization subsystem, wherein the physical volume driver receives the virtual data and configures the virtual data.
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