VIRTUAL STORAGE TARGET OFFLOAD TECHNIQUES
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1. A system, comprising:
- circuitry for effectuating a migratable storage service, wherein the migratable storage service is configured to manage virtual hard disk input/output requests for a child partition, wherein the migratable storage service is assigned a unique network identifier for a network; and
circuitry for configuring the migratable storage service as a storage target in a network.
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Abstract
A virtual machine storage service can be use a unique network identifier and a SR-IOV compliant device can be used to transport I/O between a virtual machine and the virtual machine storage service. The virtual machine storage service can be offloaded to a child partition or migrated to another physical machine along with the unique network identifier.
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1. A system, comprising:
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circuitry for effectuating a migratable storage service, wherein the migratable storage service is configured to manage virtual hard disk input/output requests for a child partition, wherein the migratable storage service is assigned a unique network identifier for a network; and circuitry for configuring the migratable storage service as a storage target in a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer method, comprising:
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attaching a first unique network identifier for a network adapter to a storage service configured to manage virtual hard drive disk input/output requests for a child partition; and attaching a virtual function effectuated by the network adapter to the child partition, wherein the virtual function includes a second unique network identifier. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable storage medium including executable instructions, the
computer readable storage medium comprising: instructions for executing a storage service in a child partition, wherein the storage service is configured to manage virtual hard drive disk input/output requests for a second child partition, wherein the storage service is assigned a unique network identifier in a network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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