Storage Router and Method for Providing Virtual Local Storage
First Claim
1. A data storage gateway for providing virtual local storage and capable of interfacing with and providing connectivity and mapping between devices connected to a first transport medium and storage devices connected to a second transport medium, the data storage gateway comprising:
- a virtual storage;
a storage router in communication with and providing mapping to the virtual storage such that a device connected to the first transport medium remote from the storage devices can communicate data to and from the virtual storage; and
wherein the storage router maps the virtual storage to one or more storage devices connected to the second transport medium such that the one or more storage devices contain at least a portion of the virtual storage and wherein the storage router allows access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the virtual storage using native low level block protocol.
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Abstract
A data storage gateway and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices. A plurality of devices, such as workstations, are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. The storage router maps the virtual storage to one or more storage devices connected to the second transport medium such that the one or more storage devices contain at least a portion of the virtual storage and wherein the storage router allows access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the virtual storage using native low level block protocol.
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19 Claims
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1. A data storage gateway for providing virtual local storage and capable of interfacing with and providing connectivity and mapping between devices connected to a first transport medium and storage devices connected to a second transport medium, the data storage gateway comprising:
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a virtual storage; a storage router in communication with and providing mapping to the virtual storage such that a device connected to the first transport medium remote from the storage devices can communicate data to and from the virtual storage; and wherein the storage router maps the virtual storage to one or more storage devices connected to the second transport medium such that the one or more storage devices contain at least a portion of the virtual storage and wherein the storage router allows access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the virtual storage using native low level block protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing, through a storage router, virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices, comprising:
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interfacing with a first transport medium; interfacing with a second transport medium, wherein at least one of the first or second transport media is a serial transport medium; maintaining a configuration for storage devices connected to the second transport medium that maps between the devices connected to the first transport medium and the storage devices connected to the second transport medium and that implements access controls for storage space on the storage devices; and allowing access from initiator devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage devices connected to the second transport medium using native low level, block protocol in accordance with the configuration. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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