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APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ISOLATING A STORAGE APPLICATION FROM A NETWORK INTERFACE DRIVER

  • US 20080244621A1
  • Filed: 06/19/2008
  • Published: 10/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing an independent interface to update a function of a storage application independent from the storage application, and to update a function of a network interface driver independent from the network interface driver, the apparatus comprising:

  • an isolation module stored on a storage device, the isolation module to isolate the storage application from the network interface driver, wherein the isolation module comprises;

    a definition module configured to define a set of storage application functions and a set of network interface driver functions;

    an application interface configured to utilize the storage application functions to exchange messages with the storage application;

    a translation module configured to translate each of the storage application functions to one or more network interface driver functions and each of the network interface driver functions to one or more storage application functions; and

    a data buffer module configured to transfer data blocks between the storage application and the network interface driver through a data buffer.

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