Adaptec, Inc.

Bryan K Panner

Timothy Lee Hoskins

Richard Napolitano

Randy M Arnott

Chris Robert Franklin

Eric S Noya

Jeffrey T Wong

Paul Richard Shaughnessy

Stanley Luke

Chester Juzsczak

Alexander C McLeod

Herbert W Silverman

A file array storage architecture comprises a file system that is distributed across a data processing platform consisting of a host computer coupled to an adapter over a high-speed, low latency interface and an input/output subsystem that is located entirely on the adapter. The distributed nature of the architecture enables implementation of the file system in accordance with a modified client-server computing model; that is, the architecture includes a client file system executing on the host computer and a server file system executing on the adapter.

File array storage architecture having file system distributed across a data processing platform

A file away storage architecture comprises a file system that is distributed across a data processing platform consisting of a host computer coupled to an adapter over a high-speed, low latency interface and an input/output subsystem that is located entirely on the adapter. The distributed nature of the architecture enables implementation of the file system in accordance with a modified client-server computing model; that is, the architecture includes a client file system executing on the host computer and a server file system executing on the adapter.

A file array communications transport system transports unique packets between a host computer and an adapter of a data processing platform in accordance with a file array protocol. The protocol is manifested as an exchange of these unique packets and the file array transport comprises an arrangement of logic circuits and data structures needed to exchange these packets over a tightly-coupled, low latency interface of a file array storage architecture.

File array communications interface for communicating between a host

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Bryan K Panner