Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100095048 | SELF-CONTAINED DENSELY PACKED SOLID-STATE STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - A rack mountable solid-state storage subsystem includes a plurality of interface units and a plurality of data storage modules to implement a mass storage device. Each of the interface units may be coupled to a plurality of communication ports for connection to a host server and to other interface units. Each data storage module may be detachably mated to a corresponding connector mounted to a motherboard. Each data storage module may also include a non-volatile flash memory storage and a volatile storage. The data storage modules may be partitioned into a plurality of portions, each coupled to a respective interface unit via the motherboard. Each portion of the data storage modules and the respective interface unit to which each portion is coupled may form a separate storage domain that is isolated from each other domain. The storage subsystem may also include redundant power supplies and backup power supplies. | 04-15-2010 |
20100312962 | N-WAY DIRECTLY CONNECTED ANY TO ANY CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE - Disclosed is a storage system architecture. Array controllers are configured with at least 2M ports, where M is an integers greater than two that corresponds to the number of SAS domains or JBOD units in the system. Serial attached SCSI (SAS) domains or JBOD units are configured with at least 2N ports, where N corresponds to the number of array controllers in the system. At least two of each of the 2N ports are directly connected to a corresponding at least two of each of the 2M ports of each of the N array controllers, thereby establishing direct redundant connectivity between each of the N array controllers and each of the M SAS domains or JBOD units. | 12-09-2010 |
20110283075 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC STORAGE TIERING USING ALLOCATE-ON-WRITE SNAPSHOTS - A method for dynamic storage tiering may comprise: detecting a storage hot-spot located in a first storage pool; and creating a first point-in-time copy of a virtual volume including the storage hot-spot located in the first storage pool in a second storage pool according to the detecting. | 11-17-2011 |
20120185643 | SYSTEMS CONFIGURED FOR IMPROVED STORAGE SYSTEM COMMUNICATION FOR N-WAY INTERCONNECTIVITY - Storage systems configured for improved N-way connectivity among all of a plurality of storage controllers and all of a plurality of storage devices in the system. All controllers of the storage system are coupled through a switched fabric communication medium to all of the storage devices of the storage system. Thus, the back-end interface of each storage controller of the storage system is used for all communications with any of the storage devices as well as for any communications among the controllers to coordinate the N-way distribution of stored data in a declustered RAID storage environment. This use of the back-end channel for all storage controller to storage device N-way connectivity as well as controller to controller N-way connectivity eliminates the need for a dedicated inter-controller interface for such N-way connectivity and eliminates the over-utilization of a front-end (e.g., network) communication path for providing N-way connectivity in the storage system. | 07-19-2012 |
20140040549 | STORAGE ARRAY ASSIST ARCHITECTURE - Disclosed is a storage system architecture. An Environmental service module (ESM) is coupled to one or more array controllers. The ESM is configured with a central processing unit and one or more assist functions. The assist functions may include nonvolatile memory. This nonvolatile memory may be used for write caching, mirroring data, and/or configuration data. The assist functions, or the ESM, may be controlled by the array controllers using SCSI or RDMA commands. | 02-06-2014 |
20140122796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A SEQUENTIAL DATA STREAM STORED IN NON-SEQUENTIAL STORAGE BLOCKS - A process for block-level tracking of a sequential data stream that is sub-divided into multiple parts, and stored, by a file system, within non-sequential storage blocks. The process creates block-level metadata as the sequential data stream is written to the storage blocks, wherein the metadata stores pointers to the non-sequential storage blocks used to store the multiple parts of the sequential data stream. This metadata can subsequently be used by a block-level controller to more efficiently read the sequential data stream back to the file system using read-ahead processes. | 05-01-2014 |
20150026076 | System and Method for Providing Customer Guidance in Deploying a Computing System - A system and method for helping customers install a modular computing system is provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises determining, using a computing system, whether all components of a modular computing system have been received by a customer. Based on determining that not all the components of the modular computing system have been received by the customer, it is determined whether the modular computing system can be incrementally deployed. A customer instruction for incrementally deploying the modular computing system is provided at a display device. A communication link is established with a component of the modular computing system. Communications directed over the communication link are used to determine whether a customer correctly performed the provided customer instruction. In one such embodiment, the determining of whether the modular computing system can be incrementally deployed includes determining whether a minimum resource requirement is met. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026077 | Centralized Method for Customer Assistance and System Verification - A system and method for providing customer guidance in deploying a modular computing system is provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving a shipping container identifier. A computing system is used to determine, based on the shipping container identifier, that a component of the modular computing system has been received by a customer. It is determined whether the modular computing system can be deployed based on the component having been received by the customer. An indicator is provided of whether the modular computing system can be deployed. An instruction is provided for deploying the modular computing system, and a diagnostic procedure is performed on a deployed component of the modular computing system. In one such embodiment, the diagnostic procedure determines whether the instruction was correctly performed. | 01-22-2015 |