Method and apparatus for mapping storage partitions of...

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2005-09-13

2005-09-13

Ellis, Kevin L. (Department: 2188)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

Reexamination Certificate

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06944712

ABSTRACT:
System and methods for managing requests of a host system to physical storage partitions. A storage system includes a plurality of storage elements with each storage element configured for providing data storage. A communications switch is communicatively connected to the storage elements for transferring requests to the physical storage partitions. A host system includes a storage router for mapping a portion of the physical storage partitions to logical storage partitions such that the host system can directly access the portion via the requests. Each of the storage elements includes a storage controller configured for processing the requests of the host system. The storage elements also include any of a disk storage device, tape storage device, CD storage device, and a computer memory storage device.

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patent: 6029231 (2000-02-01), Blumenau
patent: 6460123 (2002-10-01), Blumenau
patent: 6718436 (2004-04-01), Kim et al.

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