Crossroads Systems, Inc.

Other

Jeffry Thomas Russell

Geoffrey B Hoese

Elizabeth Ann Moorehead

A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, the storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices, wherein each representation of a device connected to the first transport medium is associated with one or more representations of storage space on the remote storage devices. The storage router can control access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage space on the remote storage devices in accordance with the access controls.

Storage router and method for providing virtual local storage

A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, the storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices, wherein each representation of a device connected to the first transport medium is associated with one or more representations of storage space on the remote storage devices and controls access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage space on the remote storage devices in accordance with the map and using native low level block protocol.

A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. A plurality of devices, such as workstations, are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, the storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices, wherein each representation of a device connected to the first transport medium is associated with one or more representations of storage space on the remote storage devices and receives and processes native low level block protocol requests from the devices connected to the first transport medium to access allocated storage.

A storage router () and storage network () provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices () to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (), are connected to a Fiber Channel transport medium (), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices () are connected to a SCSI bus transport medium () The storage router () interfaces between the Fiber Channel transport medium () and the SCSI bus transport medium (). The storage router () maps between the workstations () and the SCSI storage devices () and implements access controls for storage space on the SCSI storage devices (). The storage router () then allows access from the workstations () to the SCSI storage devices () using native low level, block protocol in accordance with the mapping and the access controls.

A data storage gateway and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices. A plurality of devices, such as workstations, are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. The storage router maps the virtual storage to one or more storage devices connected to the second transport medium such that the one or more storage devices contain at least a portion of the virtual storage and wherein the storage router allows access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the virtual storage using native low level block protocol.

A storage router () and storage network () provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices () to Fiber Channel devices. A plurality of Fiber Channel devices, such as workstations (), are connected to a Fiber Channel transport medium (), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices () are connected to a SCSI bus transport medium (). The storage router () interfaces between the Fiber Channel transport medium () and the SCSI bus transport medium (). The storage router () maps between the workstations () and the SCSI storage devices () and implements access controls for storage space on the SCSI storage devices (). The storage router () then allows access from the workstations () to the SCSI storage devices () using native low level, block protocol in accordance with the mapping and the access controls.

A storage router () and storage network () provide virtual local storage on remote SCSI storage devices () to Fibre Channel devices. A plurality of Fibre Channel devices, such as workstations (), are connected to a Fibre Channel transport medium (), and a plurality of SCSI storage devices () are connected to a SCSI bus transport medium () The storage router () interfaces between the Fibre Channel transport medium () and the SCSI bus transport medium (). The storage router () maps between the workstations () and the SCSI storage devices () and implements access controls for storage space on the SCSI storage devices (). The storage router () then allows access from the workstations () to the SCSI storage devices () using native low level, block protocol in accordance with the mapping and the access controls.

A storage router and method for providing virtual local storage on remote storage devices to devices are provided. Devices are connected to a first transport medium, and a plurality of storage devices are connected to a second transport medium. In one embodiment, the storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space of the discovered storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of the storage space and controls access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the discovered storage devices in accordance with the map and using native low level block protocols.

A storage router and storage network provide virtual local storage on remote storage devices. A plurality of devices are connected to a first transport medium. In one embodiment, a storage router maintains a map to allocate storage space on the remote storage devices to devices connected to the first transport medium by associating representations of the devices connected to the first transport medium with representations of storage space on the remote storage devices. The storage router controls access from the devices connected to the first transport medium to the storage space on the remote storage devices in accordance with the map and allows access from devices connected to the first transport medium to the remote storage devices using native low level block protocol.

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Cibolo, TX, United States of America

Jeffry Thomas Russell