Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Addressing combined with specific memory configuration or... – Dynamic-type storage device
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-12
2006-09-12
Peugh, Brian R. (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Addressing combined with specific memory configuration or...
Dynamic-type storage device
C711S112000, C709S217000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07107385
ABSTRACT:
A storage virtualization selection technique “automates” a virtualization selection process to create virtual disk (vdisk) storage objects over a volume of a file system implemented by a storage operating system of a multi-protocol storage appliance. The file system provides a virtualization system that aggregates physical storage of a set of disks or portions (e.g., extents) of disks into a pool of blocks that can be dynamically allocated to form a vdisk. The file system also provides reliability guarantees for the vdisks in accordance with its underlying architecture. That is, the file system organizes its storage within volumes created among the managed disks. The vdisk is thereafter created as a storage object within a volume and, thus, inherits the underlying reliability configuration associated with that volume. The portions are aggregated and allocated as a vdisk with reliability guarantees in response to a request to create the vdisk from a user of the storage appliance and without further user involvement.
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Bolen David Brittain
Lewis Blake H.
Pawlowski Brian
Rajan Vijayan
Srinivasan Mohan
Cesari and McKenna LLP
Network Appliance Inc.
Peugh Brian R.
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