Emc Corporation

Brian Riordan

David Meiri

Assaf Natanzon

Arieh Don

Saar Cohen

Alexandr Veprinsky

Anestis Panidis

Scott Rowlands

Xiali He

Slavik Neymer

David Barta

John R Sopka

Arich Don

A storage node uses storage descriptors for provisioning, monitoring and reporting. The storage descriptors indicate available storage resource capabilities and storage resource requirements for particular applications or types of applications using a common set of metrics. The storage node scales requirements to approximate a particular deployment scenario and then compares available capabilities and requirements as indicated by the storage descriptors.

Storage descriptors and service catalogs in a cloud environment

In one aspect, a method includes providing a splitter at a first storage array, receiving data from a host, storing the data on the first storage array, using a data protection appliance (DPA) to expose a device, continuously copying data stored on the first storage array to the device using the splitter and replicating the data to a second storage array using the DPA.

Splitter used in a continuous data protection environment

Described are techniques for providing a plurality of logical connections over a physical connection. A login frame is transmitted for each of the plurality of logical connections from an initiator port to a target port. The login frame includes a payload comprising a first identifier of a virtual port associated with the initiator port. Upon receiving the login frame, a login acceptance frame is transmitted from the target port to the initiator port and includes a second identifier of a virtual port associated with said target port in the payload. The initiator and target ports are included in hardware components in compliance with a version of a protocol that does not support multiple logical connections over a same physical connection. Each logical connection is established as a result of processing including transmitting a login frame and a login acceptance frame.

Techniques for port virtualization

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Brian Riordan