Technique for virtualizing storage using stateless servers
US8209365B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/188
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for virtualizing networked heterogeneous storage devices in a computing system using stateless servers is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes self discovery of mapping information between a plurality of virtual file systems to a plurality of physical file systems upon startup by a virtual data store (VDS) server. The networked heterogeneous storage devices include the plurality of physical file systems hosted on associated file servers. Further, each physical file system includes a storage space in which a plurality of data files may be stored.
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