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Scalable storage network virtualization

  • US 7,519,769 B1
  • Filed: 06/29/2006
  • Issued: 04/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage system providing networked access to a plurality of storage devices, the storage system comprising:

  • a virtualization controller coupled to a network, the virtualization controller producing a mapping of a virtual target to one or more physical storage devices on the network; and

    an initiator in communication with the virtualization controller over the network to receive the mapping from the virtualization controller, the initiator including a virtualization client for translating, in accordance with the mapping, a target access request directed to the virtual target by the initiator into a target access request directed to one of the physical storage devices in accordance with the mapping.

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