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Network system with offload services for flash storage

US9608936B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 2014
Grant dateMar 28, 2017
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is provided comprising: a packet routing network; Flash storage circuitry; a management processor coupled as an endpoint to the network; an input/output (I/O) circuit coupled as an endpoint to the network; a packet processing circuit coupled as an endpoint to the network; and a RAID management circuit coupled as an endpoint to the network and configured to send and receive packets to and from the Flash storage circuitry; wherein the management processor is configured to determine routing of packets among the I/O circuit, packet processing circuit and RAID management circuit.

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