System and method for managing provisioning of storage resources in a network with virtualization of resources in such a network
US8032701B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This invention is a system and method for managing allocation of storage resources in a storage network, the storage network including physical data storage on a plurality of storage arrays that are in the storage network, and the network is in communication with one or more hosts and the network further includes a storage network management system, communicatively coupled to the storage arrays via the network, the storage management system includes a storage virtualizer capable of intercepting and virtualizing an IO stream from the one or more hosts and which storage network management system further includes a storage and switch controller in communication with the storage virtualizer for storage network management.
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