Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory – Plural shared memories
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-08
2008-09-23
Etienne, Ario (Department: 2157)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Multicomputer data transferring via shared memory
Plural shared memories
C709S215000, C711S114000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07428581
ABSTRACT:
A network-based storage system comprises one or more block-level storage servers that connect to, and provide disk storage for, one or more host computers (“hosts”) over logical network connections (preferably TCP/IP sockets). In one embodiment, each host can maintain one or more socket connections to each storage server, over which multiple I/O operations may be performed concurrently in a non-blocking manner. The physical storage of a storage server may optionally be divided into multiple partitions, each of which may be independently assigned to a particular host or to a group of hosts. When a host initially connects to a storage server in one embodiment, the storage server initially authenticates the host, and then notifies the host of the ports that may be used to establish data connections and of the partitions assigned to that host.
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Chung Jeffrey D.
Couch Thomas L.
Haigler Robert B.
Jacobson Joel D.
Jewett Douglas E.
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Etienne Ario
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Nano Sargon N
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