发明名称 |
ALLOCATION-UNIT-BASED VIRTUAL FORMATTING METHODS AND DEVICES EMPLOYING ALLOCATION-UNIT-BASED VIRTUAL FORMATTING METHODS |
摘要 |
In various embodiments,.the present invention provides virtual disk formatting by intermediate devices including: (1) a storage shelf router and the storage shelf in which the storage-shelf is included, to external computing entities, such as disk-array controllers and host computers; (2) an I/O controller; and (3) a storage-bridge device. The virtual-formatting methods of the present invention are based on allocation units, each allocation unit comprising a consecutive sequence of logical blocks and an additional pad region that together map to, and exactly align with, a corresponding consecutive sequence of device blocks. |
申请公布号 |
WO2009005792(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.02.19 |
申请号 |
WO2008US08165 |
申请日期 |
2008.06.30 |
申请人 |
EMULEX DESIGN & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION;SEBASTIAN, DONIA;STEVENS, STUART;OWENS, JASON |
发明人 |
SEBASTIAN, DONIA;STEVENS, STUART;OWENS, JASON |
分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
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