Storage virtualization and storage management to provide higher level storage services
US7415506B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 13, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/815
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a storage server on a storage area network, a media unit manager manages disk space in a manner transparent to the host computers. The media unit manager uses media units corresponding to the physical storage devices on the storage area network to build higher-level media units. The higher level media units can have the attributes of being sliced, concatenated, mirrored, striped, etc. Thus, the host computers need not be aware of the specific physical storage devices themselves, reducing the management and reconfiguration burden on the host computers when storage devices are added to or removed from the storage area network.
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