Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Memory configuring
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-29
2009-12-29
Chace, Christian P (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Memory configuring
C711S161000, C711S162000, C711S202000, C711S203000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07640416
ABSTRACT:
A volume container system automatically relates components of a storage area network in membership association of a volume container. The volume container is an abstract entity that maps a relationship between servers and storage devices. The entity captures network access control between servers and storage subsystems such as, for example, security, access, and zoning. Policies of the volume container guide operations in a volume container. The membership associates access and security within the volume container. The volume container reduces administration required for a storage area network, improves consistency in mapping, security, and zoning, and reduces complexity in consistently replicating a logical group of volumes, making failure recovery easier.
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Beardsley Brent Cameron
Sarkar Prasenjit
Strickland Jimmy Paul
Bertram Ryan
Chace Christian P
International Business Machines - Corporation
Kassatly Samuel A.
Shimokaji & Associates P.C.
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