Network connected computing system including storage system
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1. A network endpoint system, comprising:
- at least one system processor performing endpoint functionality processing;
a system interface connection configured to be coupled to a network;
at least one network processor, the network processor coupled to the system interface connection to receive data from the network; and
an interconnection between the system processor and the network processor so that the network processor may analyze data provided from the network and process the data at least in part and then forward the data to the interconnection so that other processing may be performed on the data within the system.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for network connected computing systems that employ functional multi-processing to optimize bandwidth utilization and accelerate system performance. In one embodiment, the network connected computing system may include a switch based computing system. The system may further include an asymmetric multi-processor system configured in a staged pipeline manner. The network connected computing system may be utilized in one embodiment as a network endpoint system that provides content delivery.
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132 Claims
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1. A network endpoint system, comprising:
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at least one system processor performing endpoint functionality processing;
a system interface connection configured to be coupled to a network;
at least one network processor, the network processor coupled to the system interface connection to receive data from the network; and
an interconnection between the system processor and the network processor so that the network processor may analyze data provided from the network and process the data at least in part and then forward the data to the interconnection so that other processing may be performed on the data within the system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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18. A method of operating a network endpoint system, the method comprising:
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providing a network processor within the network endpoint system, the network processor being configured to be coupled to an interface which couples the network endpoint system to a network;
processing data passing through the interface with the network processor; and
forwarding data from the network processor to a system processor which then performs at least some endpoint functionality upon the data.
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33. A network endpoint system, comprising:
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a first processor engine, the first processor engine configured to receive data from a network;
a second processor engine, the second processor engine performing at least some endpoint functionality, the first processor engine performing tasks different from the endpoint functionality tasks performed by the second processor engine; and
an interconnect coupling the first and second processor engines;
wherein the network endpoint system is configure in at least one manner to provide accelerated performance. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of providing a network endpoint termination through the use of a network endpoint system, comprising:
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providing a plurality of separate processor engines, the processor engines being assigned separate tasks in an asymmetrical multi-processor configuration;
providing an interface connection to at least one of the processor engines to couple the network endpoint system to a network; and
generating an accelerated data flow through the network endpoint system. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 70)
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- 65. The method of 61, wherein the network processor is contained with a network interface engine, the other processing engines comprising a storage processor engine and an application processor engine.
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71. A method of providing a content delivery system through the use of a network connectable computing system, comprising:
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providing a plurality of separate processor engines, the processor engines being assigned separate tasks in an asymmetrical multi-processor configuration;
providing a storage processor engine, the storage processor engine being one of the plurality of separate processor engines;
providing a network interface connection to at least one of the processor engines to couple the content delivery system to a network;
providing a storage interface connection to the storage processor engine to couple the storage processor engine to a content storage system; and
accelerating content delivery through the network endpoint system. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A network connectable computing system, comprising:
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a first processor engine;
a second processor engine, the second processor engine being assigned types of tasks different from the types of tasks assigned to the first processor engine;
a third processor engine, the third processor engine being assigned types of tasks that are different from the types of tasks assigned to the first and second processor engines; and
a distributed interconnection coupled to the first, second and third processor engines, the tasks of the first, second and third processor engines being assigned such that the system operates in staged pipeline manner through the distributed interconnection. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100)
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101. A network connectable content delivery system, comprising:
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a first processor engine;
a second processor engine, the second processor engine being assigned types of tasks different from the types of tasks assigned to the first processor engine;
a storage processor engine, the storage processor engine being assigned types of tasks that are different from the types of tasks assigned to the first and second processor engines, the storage processor engine being configured to be coupled to a content storage system; and
a distributed interconnection coupled to the first, second and third processor engines, the tasks of the first, second and third processor engines being assigned such that the system operates in staged pipeline manner through the distributed interconnection. - View Dependent Claims (102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132)
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115. A network connectable content delivery system, comprising:
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a first processor engine;
a second processor engine, the second processor engine being assigned types of tasks different from the types of tasks assigned to the first processor engine;
a storage processor engine, the storage processor engine being assigned types of tasks that are different from the types of tasks assigned to the first and second processor engines, the storage processor engine being configured to be coupled to a content storage system; and
a distributed interconnection coupled to the first, second and third processor engines, the tasks of the first, second and third processor engines being assigned such that the system operates in staged pipeline manner through the distributed interconnection, wherein at least one of the first or second processor engines performs system management functions so as to off-load management functions from the other processor engines.
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