Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Oscar Prem Pinto

Ramdas P Kachare

Sompong Paul Olarig

Fred Worley

Jason Martineau

Son Truong Pham

Stephen Garry Fischer

Xuebin Yao

William Martin

Yang Seok Ki

Anahita Shayesteh

Vishwanath Maram

Zvi Guz

David Schwaderer

Anand Subramanian

Wentao Wu

Robert Brennan

Sungwook Ryu

Sreenivas Krishnan

Karnik Shah

Sanghun Jun

Harry Rogers

Chinnakrishnan Ballapuram

Hingkwan Huen

Matthew Shaun Bryson

Ehsan M Najafabadi

Gayathiri Venkataraman

Veronica Lagrange Moutinho Dos Reis

Howard R Butler

YangSeok Ki

Ehsan Najafabadi

Huan Li

Danqing Jin

A topology is disclosed. The topology may include at least one Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Solid State Drive (SSD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to implement one or more functions supporting the NVMe SSD, such as data acceleration, data deduplication, data integrity, data encryption, and data compression, and a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch. The PCIe switch may communicate with both the FPGA and the NVMe SSD.

Method for supporting erasure code data protection with embedded PCIe switch inside FPGA+SSD

A system is disclosed. The system may include a Solid State Drive (SSD) and a co-processor. The SSD may include storage for data, storage for a unique SSD identifier (ID), and storage for a unique co-processor ID. The co-processor include storage for the unique SSD ID, and storage for the unique co-processor ID. A hardware interface may permit communication between the SSD and the co-processor.

Mechanism to identify FPGA and SSD pairing in a multi-device environment

An embodiment includes a system, comprising: a processor configured to: read a stride parameter from a device coupled to the processor; and map registers associated with the device into virtual memory based on the stride parameter; wherein: the stride parameter is configured to indicate a stride between the registers associated with the device; and the processor is configured to map at least one of the registers to user space virtual memory in response to the stride parameter.

System and method to extend NVMe queues to user space

Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing storage device memory. A method can include receiving, from a host, a command for managing the memory; performing, by the storage device, the command on first data stored on the memory via at least one processing element in the storage device to generate second data; and transmitting, by the storage device, third data based on the second data to the host.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for the management of device local memory

A system is described. The system may include a processor. Software may run on the processor to build a batch request, which may include at least a first request and a second request. The system may also include a storage device and a computational storage unit associated with the storage device, which may be configured to execute the batch request.

Systems and method for batching requests in computational devices

A system is disclosed. The system may include a processor, a storage device, and aa computational device. A plugin may be associated with a service on the computational device. A framework may be implemented in software and configured to be executed on the processor. The framework may include a receiver to receive a service request from an application configured to be executed on the processor and a service response from the plugin. The service request may identify a service requested by the application. The framework may also include a plugin selector to select the plugin based at least in part on the service. The framework may also include a transmitter to deliver the service request to the plugin and the service response to the application. The application may be agnostic to the plugin and the computational device.

Plugin framework mechanism to manage computational storage devices

A storage device may include a storage medium, a storage device controller coupled to the storage medium, a host interface coupled to the storage device controller, and an attachable module interface configured to connect an attachable compute module to the storage device controller. The attachable module interface may include a data interface, a side-band interface, and/or a power interface. The attachable module interface may include a connector configured to connect the attachable compute module to the storage device controller. The storage device may include an enclosure having an opening configured to enable the attachable compute module to be connected to the attachable module interface through the opening. The storage device controller may be configured to utilize one or more resources of the attachable compute module. The storage device controller may be configured to communicate with the attachable compute module through one or more command extensions of a storage protocol.

Systems, methods, and devices for attachable compute resources for storage devices

Provided are systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing memory. The method can include: establishing a connection via an interface, between a host device and a storage device; and transferring data, via the interface, between first memory associated with the host device and second memory associated with the storage device by performing a data operation on the second memory by an application executed by the host, where the storage device includes a processing element that accelerates the data operation by performing at least one offload function on the data operation.

Systems and methods for data transfer for computational storage devices

A device is described. The device may include a connector to connect the device to a component. The device may also include a computational storage unit. A receiver may receive a discovery request from a discovery service, and a transmitter may transmit a discovery response to the discovery service, the discovery response including information about the computational storage unit.

Mechanism to discover computational storage functions and devices

A method of streaming between a storage device and a secondary device includes receiving, by the storage device, from the secondary device, a memory read request command including a memory address of the storage device corresponding to a stream identity, the stream identity being unique between the storage device and the secondary device; streaming, by the storage device, data between the storage device and the secondary device by transferring the data corresponding to the memory address of the storage device to the secondary device; determining, by the storage device, that the data requested by the secondary device in the memory read request command is transferred to the secondary device; and ending, by the storage device, the streaming between the storage device and the secondary device.

Systems and methods for streaming storage device content

A chassis is disclosed. The chassis may include a processor, a switch, and at least one storage device in communication with a remote processor. The storage device may support an active power mode and a low power mode. A response to a Keep Alive (KA) message may be sent to the remote processor on behalf of the storage device when the storage device is in low power mode.

System and method for supporting chassis level keep alive in NVMe-oF based system

A system includes a host device; a storage device including an embedded processor; and a bridge kernel device including a bridge kernel hardware and a bridge kernel firmware, wherein the bridge kernel device is configured to receive a plurality of arguments from the host device and transfer the plurality of arguments to the embedded processor for data processing.

System and method for offloading application functions to a device

A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include at least one controller for a virtual machine (VM) that is on a source host. Storage in the storage device may store data for the VM. A second storage may store a storage state for the VM. A storage device controller may process at least one read request received from the controller for the VM using the first storage and at least one write request received from the controller for the VM using the first storage. A VM migration state monitor and capture module may assist in the migration of the VM from the source host to a destination host.

Storage device-assisted live virtual machine migration

A local management console includes: a communication interface to connect to a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a chassis in a data storage rack; and a display that displays information associated with one or more data storage devices included in the chassis. The information includes at least one of configuration, control, debugging, or status data associated with at least one of the one or more storage devices. The local management console connects to the BMC through the communication interface, and responsive to receiving a first interaction associated with the display, performs at least one of a configuration, control, debugging, or status acquisition operation on at least one of the one or more data storage devices.

Local management console for storage devices

A method may include interacting with an interface for one or more computational devices, wherein the interacting is based on an identifier, and wherein the identifier comprises information that identifies a functionality of a computational device functions. The information may include a functionality identifier. The identifier may further include information that identifies a group of the computational device function. The group of the computational device function may be based on a source of the computational device function. The information that identifies the functionality of a computational device function may include a functionality identifier, and the information that identifies the group of the computational device function may include a group identifier. The functionality identifier may include a unique function identifier, and the group identifier may include an organizationally unique identifier.

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Oscar Prem Pinto