Presentation of direct accessed storage under a logical drive model

US9417821B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

• Thomas M. Slaight · Beaverton, US
• Sivakumar Radhakrishnan · Portland, US
• Mark A. Schmisseur · Phoenix, US
• Pankaj Kumar · Barwala, IN
• Saptarshi Mondal · Chandler, US
• Sin S. Tan · Portland, US
• David Lee · Sunnyvale, US
• Marc T. Jones · Longmont, US
• Geetani R. Edirisooriya · Tempe, US
• Bradley A. Burres · Waltham, US
• Brian M. Leitner · Hillsboro, US
• Kenneth C. Haren · Portland, US
• Michael T. Klinglesmith · Portland, US
• Matthew R. Wilcox · Ottawa, CA
• Eric J. Dahlen · Sherwood, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2213/0032
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for presentation of direct accessed storage under a logical drive model; for implementing a distributed architecture for cooperative NVM Data protection; data mirroring for consistent SSD latency; for boosting a controller's performance and RAS with DIF support via concurrent RAID processing; for implementing arbitration and resource schemes of a doorbell mechanism, including doorbell arbitration for fairness and prevention of attack congestion; and for implementing multiple interrupt generation using a messaging unit and NTB in a controller through use of an interrupt coalescing scheme.