Storage area network methods and apparatus with coordinated updating of topology representation
US7890953B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital data processing apparatus of the type that manages a SAN includes a first queue with entries representing tasks and a second queue with entries representing data that correspond to those tasks. Data in the second queue is grouped in accord with the task to which they correspond. A manager service updates the internal representation of the SAN (e.g., the representation of the SAN topology) by executing the tasks in the first queue one at a time, for example, atomically using a single-threaded process.
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