Internet server appliance platform with flexible integrated suite of server resources and content delivery capabilities supporting continuous data flow demands and bursty demands
First Claim
1. An Internet server appliance platform for providing a configurable integrated suite of processing resources and content delivery capabilities supporting continuous data flow demands as well as bursty demands, said server platform comprising:
- at least one administration module having a first external network interface, a first internal network interface, a first administration processor, and a first data switch, said first data switch providing data switching between said first internal and first external networks, to and from said first administration processor;
a plurality of blade devices communicably interconnected to said first data switch via said first internal network, each blade device adapted to exclusively provide either processing functionality or storage functionality thereby enabling a flexible ratio of processing-to-storage units to be realized in a system configuration; and
at least one administration link disposed between said first administration processor and said blade devices for support of software control, configuration and maintenance operations.
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Abstract
A horizontally scalable arrangement of computing and storage resources, including interconnections and interoperations, allowing configuration of various ratios of server capability to storage capability through a flexible and reconfigurable blade organization. External data communications are interfaced to two separate internal communications networks through a fixed set of switching resources, the switching resources being independent of the server and storage blades, one internal communications network for data flow to and from storage elements, and another internal network for data flow to and from server elements. Both internal networks are used for data flow between server and storage elements. The integrated switches reduce the number of cables in the system by providing aggregation and distribution of data. Signal processing resources are distributed with each server element, allowing efficient deployment of Internet applications without the need for specialized signal processing server platforms such as voice recognition servers, video compression servers, etc.
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1. An Internet server appliance platform for providing a configurable integrated suite of processing resources and content delivery capabilities supporting continuous data flow demands as well as bursty demands, said server platform comprising:
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at least one administration module having a first external network interface, a first internal network interface, a first administration processor, and a first data switch, said first data switch providing data switching between said first internal and first external networks, to and from said first administration processor;
a plurality of blade devices communicably interconnected to said first data switch via said first internal network, each blade device adapted to exclusively provide either processing functionality or storage functionality thereby enabling a flexible ratio of processing-to-storage units to be realized in a system configuration; and
at least one administration link disposed between said first administration processor and said blade devices for support of software control, configuration and maintenance operations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing an Internet server appliance platform having a configurable integrated suite of processing resources and content delivery capabilities for supporting applications with continuous data flow demands as well as bursty demands, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one administration module having a first external network interface, a first internal network interface, a first administration processor, and a first data switch, said first data switch performing data switching between said first internal and first external networks, to and from said first administration processor;
providing a plurality of blade devices communicably interconnected to said first data switch via said first internal network, each blade device being adapted to exclusively provide either processing functionality or storage functionality thereby enabling a flexible ratio of processing-to-storage units to be realized in a system configuration; and
providing at least one administration link disposed between said first administration processor and said blade devices for support of software control, configuration and maintenance operations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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