Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Input/output data processing – Input/output command process
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-05
2005-07-05
Shin, Christopher B. (Department: 2181)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Input/output data processing
Input/output command process
C070S054000, C070S310000, C070S020000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06915354
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods for distributing iSCSI and SCSI targets. The initiator may assist in the distribution and order the SCSI commands. A subset of target storage processors may act as proxies. Target storage processors forward requests to a selected target storage processor which decides whether any and which of the other target storage processors is to process a forwarded request. The target storage processors may act as peers. A target storage processor communicates each received request to all of the other storage processors. Each of the target storage processors determines whether a request it received is to execute. A target storage processors may arrange themselves into layers to divide the SCSI and iSCSI protocol work. A distributed system associates each of multiple egress target storage processors with a respective ingress target storage processor and associates a set of blocks of storage with each of the egress target storage processors.
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Dalgic Ismail
Ozdemir Kadir
Pont Frederic
Raubitschek Jeffrey Henry
Syben Michael
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Intransa, Inc.
Shin Christopher B.
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