发明名称 |
Methods and apparatus for storage virtualization |
摘要 |
Methods and apparatus are provided improving data access efficiency in a storage area network. Mechanisms are provided to allow a virtual disk address to be efficiently mapped to a particular physical partition in a virtual disk while recognizing the mirroring, striping, and concatenation characteristics associated with the virtual disk. A variety of indices are used to allow direct access of a physical partition upon identification of a virtual disk address.
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申请公布号 |
US6948044(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.09.20 |
申请号 |
US20020209786 |
申请日期 |
2002.07.30 |
申请人 |
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
CHANDRASEKARAN VARAGUR V. |
分类号 |
G06F3/06;G06F12/10;H04L29/08;(IPC1-7):G06F12/10 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
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