Computing system architecture that facilitates forming of customized virtual disks
US9515951B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/70
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computing system architecture that facilitates constructing a virtual disk that is customized for an application is described herein. An exemplary computing system having such architecture includes a first plurality of homogeneous storage servers, each storage server in the first plurality of storage servers comprising respective data storage devices of a first type. The exemplary computing system also includes a second plurality of homogeneous storage servers, each storage server in the second plurality of storage servers comprising respective data storage devices of a second type. A virtual disk that is customized for an application is constructed by mapping a linear (virtual) address space to portions of storage devices across the first plurality of storage servers and the second plurality of storage servers. The storage servers are accessible over a full bisection bandwidth network.
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