Systems and methods for a mass data storage system having a file-based interface to a host and a non-file-based interface to secondary storage
First Claim
1. A data storage system, comprising:
- a first non-volatile mass storage device coupleable to a host system via a first interface, wherein;
the first interface utilizes a file based protocol to identify data via a unique file identifier and an offset within a file, andthe offset points to a location in the file other than a beginning of the file;
a second non-volatile mass storage device coupled to the first non-volatile mass storage device; and
a disk controller located on the second non-volatile mass storage device,wherein;
the disk controller facilitates data transfers between the second non-volatile mass storage device and the first non-volatile mass storage device,the first non-volatile mass storage device is a solid-state non-volatile memory that operates as a primary storage device,the second non-volatile mass storage device is a magnetic hard disk that operates as a secondary storage device,the first non-volatile mass storage device includes a disk file system and a disk driver interfacing with the magnetic hard disk via a logical interface that maps data files from a file based protocol to a logical address space within the second non-volatile mass storage device,the second non-volatile mass storage device interfaces with the host only through the first non-volatile mass storage device,the first non-volatile mass storage device and/or the second non-volatile mass storage device store data from the host system, andthe host system accesses both the first and second non-volatile mass storage devices using the file based protocol rather than the host system itself utilizing logical addressing to access the second non-volatile mass storage device.
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Abstract
System and method for transferring data between a host system and a data storage system is provided. The system includes an interface that uses a file based protocol to transfer data between the data storage system and the host system, wherein the data storage system includes a first mass storage device and a second mass storage device; wherein the first mass storage device is a solid state non-volatile memory device and the second mass storage device is a non-solid state memory device. The first mass storage device is a flash memory device that operates as a primary storage device that stores data on a file by file basis. The second mass storage device is a magnetic disk drive that operates as secondary storage device and stores data received via a logical interface.
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34 Claims
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1. A data storage system, comprising:
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a first non-volatile mass storage device coupleable to a host system via a first interface, wherein; the first interface utilizes a file based protocol to identify data via a unique file identifier and an offset within a file, and the offset points to a location in the file other than a beginning of the file; a second non-volatile mass storage device coupled to the first non-volatile mass storage device; and a disk controller located on the second non-volatile mass storage device, wherein; the disk controller facilitates data transfers between the second non-volatile mass storage device and the first non-volatile mass storage device, the first non-volatile mass storage device is a solid-state non-volatile memory that operates as a primary storage device, the second non-volatile mass storage device is a magnetic hard disk that operates as a secondary storage device, the first non-volatile mass storage device includes a disk file system and a disk driver interfacing with the magnetic hard disk via a logical interface that maps data files from a file based protocol to a logical address space within the second non-volatile mass storage device, the second non-volatile mass storage device interfaces with the host only through the first non-volatile mass storage device, the first non-volatile mass storage device and/or the second non-volatile mass storage device store data from the host system, and the host system accesses both the first and second non-volatile mass storage devices using the file based protocol rather than the host system itself utilizing logical addressing to access the second non-volatile mass storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A data storage system, comprising:
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a first non-volatile mass storage device coupleable to a host system via a file based protocol, wherein; data is identified using a unique file identifier and an offset within a file, the offset points to a location in the file other than a beginning of the file, and the first non-volatile mass storage device is a solid-state non-volatile memory that operates as a primary storage device; a second non-volatile mass storage device, wherein the second non-volatile mass storage device is a magnetic hard disk that operates as a secondary storage device; and a disk controller located on the second non-volatile mass storage device, wherein; the disk controller facilitates data transfers between the second non-volatile mass storage device and the first non-volatile mass storage device, the first non-volatile mass storage device includes a disk file system and a disk driver interfacing with the magnetic hard disk via a logical interface that map data files from a file based protocol to a logical address space within the second non-volatile mass storage device, the second non-volatile mass storage device interfaces with the host only through the first non-volatile mass storage device, the first non-volatile mass storage device and/or second non-volatile mass storage device stores file data from the host system, and the host system accesses both the first and second non-volatile mass storage devices using the file based protocol rather than the host system itself utilizing logical addressing to access the second non-volatile mass storage device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for transferring data between a host system and a data storage system, comprising:
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an interface configured to use a file based protocol wherein data is identifiable using a unique file identifier and an offset within a file to transfer data between the data storage system and the host system, wherein the offset is configurable to point to a location in the file other than a beginning of the file; wherein the data storage system includes a first non-volatile mass storage device, a second non-volatile mass storage device, and a disk controller located on the second non-volatile mass storage device, wherein the disk controller is configured to facilitate data transfers between the second non-volatile mass storage device and the first non-volatile mass storage device; wherein the first non-volatile mass storage device is configured to store data in a first format and the second non-volatile mass storage device is configured to store data in a second format; wherein the first non-volatile mass storage device is a solid-state non-volatile memory configured to operate as a primary storage device; wherein the second non-volatile mass storage device is a magnetic hard disk configured to operate as a secondary storage device; wherein the first non-volatile mass storage device includes a disk file system and a disk driver for interfacing with the magnetic hard disk via a logical interface configured to map data files from a file based protocol to a logical address space within the second non-volatile mass storage device; wherein the second non-volatile mass storage device is configured to interface with the host only through the first non-volatile mass storage device; and wherein the host system is configured to access both the first and second non-volatile mass storage device using the file based protocol rather than the host system itself utilizing logical addressing to access the second non-volatile mass storage device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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