Uniquely naming storage devices in a global storage environment
US9134921B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0632
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention uniquely names storage devices in a global storage environment with hierarchical storage domains. In particular, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention a storage device (e.g., a disk) is connected at a particular location within the global storage environment. That particular location is associated with a path of each of one or more hierarchical storage domains in which the storage device is located. Accordingly, a name is assigned to the storage device that is the path of the hierarchical storage domains in which the storage device is located.
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