Integrated storage appliance
US7624170B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S370/902
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for providing an integrated storage appliance is disclosed. The storage appliance includes a storage subsystem, a process cluster coupled to the storage subsystem, and a customizable software stack that includes storage-access application so executed by the processor cluster, wherein subsystem, processor cluster and software stack are integrated such that the storage appliance exhibits greater combined reliability, higher availability, and higher serviceability characteristics than would be provided by a sum of the characteristics unintegrated components.
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