Virtual storage target offload techniques
US9389895B2 · kind B2 · utility
11Cited by
23References
20Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual machine storage service can be use a unique network identifier and a SR-IOV compliant device can be used to transport I/O between a virtual machine and the virtual machine storage service. The virtual machine storage service can be offloaded to a child partition or migrated to another physical machine along with the unique network identifier.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.