Distributed storage management platform architecture

• US 20020103943A1
• Filed: 07/12/2001
• Published: 08/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vicom Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vicom Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Tam, Sam, Lee, David, Kurpanek, Dietmar M., Lo, Horatio
• Granted Patent: US 6,877,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A distributed storage management platform (DSMP) architecture is disclosed. Such a DSMP architecture includes a number of storage routers. Each one of the storage routers comprises a number of interface controllers. One of the interface controllers of each one of the storage routers is communicatively coupled to one of the interface controllers of at least one other of the storage routers. final

Claims

1. A distributed storage management platform architecture comprising:

a plurality of storage routers, wherein

each one of said storage routers comprises a plurality of interface controllers, and

a one of said interface controllers of each one of said storage routers is communicatively coupled to a one of said interface controllers of at least one other of said storage routers.