Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-19
2011-04-19
Kim, Matt (Department: 2186)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
C711SE12007, C709S213000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07930473
ABSTRACT:
A technique enables application data stored on storage devices of a storage system to be accessible by a client as either a file or logical unit number (lun). The storage system is illustratively embodied as a multi-protocol storage appliance having a storage operating system that implements a file system. The file system logically organizes the application data as a virtual disk (vdisk) comprising a plurality of inodes including a prefix stream inode, a lun inode (storing the application data) and a suffix stream inode. The prefix and suffix stream inodes allow the vdisk to be shared over a block-based protocol or a file-based protocol by enabling apportionment of client operating system dependent storage device contents from application data contents of the vdisk.
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Bolen David Brittain
Rajan Vijayan
Cesari and McKenna LLP
Dudek, Jr. Edward J
Kim Matt
NetApp, Inc.
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