Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Lane, Jack A (Department: 2185)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S006000, C711S163000, C711S165000, C709S213000, C709S216000, C709S229000, C709S249000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07979656
ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and apparatus of minimizing configuration of changes in a fabric-based data protection solution. In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a switch such that a write request to a primary storage device is transferred through a virtual initiator in the switch to the primary storage device and to a secondary storage device, and configuring the switch such that a read request from the secondary initiator of a data in the primary storage device appears as though the read request is coming from a physical initiator rather than the secondary initiator (e.g., such that system protocol may be bypassed because the switch intercepts a response having the data from the primary storage device through a virtual target which uses the virtual initiator of the switch to communicate the data to the secondary initiator rather than the physical initiator).
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Atluri Rajeev
Bhatt Kumar Swamy
Gosavi Omkar
Gottemukkula Yeganjaiah
Inmage Systems, Inc.
Lane Jack A
Raj Abhyanker P.C.
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