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Remotely accessible solid state drive

  • US 10,079,889 B1
  • Filed: 02/27/2018
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A solid state drive (SSD), comprising:

  • a storage area;

    a network interface controller (NIC); and

    a storage controller operatively coupled to the storage area, the storage controller comprising a mapping between the storage area and a virtual storage device that is accessible to a remote computing device, wherein the storage controller is to;

    receive a message encapsulating an input/output (I/O) command from a remote computing device via the NIC, wherein the I/O command is directed to the virtual storage device;

    determine one or more logical addresses of the virtual storage device specified in the I/O command;

    translate the one or more logical addresses of the virtual storage device into one or more physical addresses of the storage area using the mapping; and

    access the one or more physical addresses of the storage area.

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