WO2002050682A3 - High performance storage array interconnection fabric using multiple independent paths - Google Patents

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WO2002050682A3
WO2002050682A3 PCT/US2001/047891 US0147891W WO0250682A3 WO 2002050682 A3 WO2002050682 A3 WO 2002050682A3 US 0147891 W US0147891 W US 0147891W WO 0250682 A3 WO0250682 A3 WO 0250682A3
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Whay S Lee
Randall Rettberg
Nisha D Talagala
Chia Y Wu
Jr Fay Chong
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
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    • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
    • H04L67/1097—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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A storage array interconnection fabric may be configured using multiple independent paths. A storage system including a plurality of communication paths is configured for connecting each node of a plurality of nodes forming an interconnection fabric. Each of the communications paths is an independent communications path. In addition, a first portion of the plurality of nodes is configured to communicate with a plurality of mass storage devices such as disk drives. A second portion of the plurality of nodes may be configured to communicate with a host.
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