Multi-protocol storage appliance that provides integrated support for file and block access protocols
CA 2495180 C · Owner: Pawlowski, Brian · Inventors: Pittman, Joseph C.; Pawlowski, Brian; Lee, Herman
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A multi-protocol storage appliance serves file and block protocol access to information stored on storage devices in an integrated manner for both network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) deployments. A storage operating system of the appliance implements a file system (320) that cooperates with novel virtualization modules to provide a virtualization system (300) that ~virtualizes~ the storage space provided by the devices. The file system provides volume management capabilities for use in block-based access to the information stored on the devices. The virtualization system (300) allows the file system to logically organize the information as named file …
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- Filed July 28, 2003 and granted April 30, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 28, 2023.
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