Network system with cache offload service for flash storage
US9940241B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2014 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 6, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- 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; a cache storage circuit coupled to send and received packets to and from the packet processing circuit; 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; and wherein the packet processing circuit is configured to control cache read requests, cache write requests and cache data eviction.
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