Network-based storage system capable of allocating storage partitions to hosts
US8271606B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network-based storage system comprises one or more block-level storage servers that connect to, and provide disk storage for, one or more host computers. In one embodiment, the system is capable of subdividing the storage space of an array of disk drives into multiple storage partitions, and allocating the partitions to host computers on a network. A storage partition allocated to a particular host computer may appear as local disk drive storage to user-level processes running on the host computer.
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