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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Qnap Systems, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Chun-Wei Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Yao-Ying Chu, New Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
QNAP SYSTEMS, INC., New Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 17/302 (2013.01); G06F 17/30233 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic apparatus and a method for expanding a storage capacity of the electronic apparatus are provided. In the method, at least one storage equipment on a network is searched and logged in by using a network interface. A virtual disk is established and a volume of at least one disk in each storage equipment is attached to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus. The physical volume is transformed into a logical volume and a file system of the logical volume is established for providing the electronic device to access the logical volume.