Storage systems having differentiated storage pools
US7937551B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1095
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The systems and methods described herein include among other things, systems for providing a block level data storage service. More particularly, the systems and methods of the invention provide a block level data storage service that provides differentiated pools of storage on a single storage device. To this end, the systems and methods described herein leverage the different performance characteristics across the logical block name (LBN) space of the storage device (or devices). These different performance characteristics may be exploited to support two or more classes of storage on a single device.
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