Universal storage management system

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1996-09-17

2000-08-01

Teska, Kevin J.

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

Peripheral adapting

710 74, 709203, 709226, G06F 1312

Patent

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060981288

ABSTRACT:
A universal storage management system which facilitates storage of data from a client computer and computer network is disclosed. The universal storage management system functions as an interface between the client computer and at least one storage device, and facilitates reading and writing of data by handling I/O operations. I/O operation overhead in the client computer is reduced by translating I/O commands from the client computer into high level commands which are employed by the storage management system to carry out I/O operations. The storage management system also enables interconnection of a normally incompatible storage device and client computer by translating I/O requests into an intermediate common format which is employed to generate commands which are compatible with the storage device receiving the request. Files, error messages and other information from the storage device are similarly translated and provided to the client computer.

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