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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Sergey Kornfeld, Waltham, MA (US);
Lev Knopov, Brookline, MA (US);
Vladislav Eremeev, St. Petersburg, RU;
Igor Achkinazi, Northborough, MA (US);
Luis O. Torres, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Sergey Kornfeld, Waltham, MA (US);
Lev Knopov, Brookline, MA (US);
Vladislav Eremeev, St. Petersburg, RU;
Igor Achkinazi, Northborough, MA (US);
Luis O. Torres, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Transferring data to an initiator includes providing a first target that exchanges commands and status with the initiator, providing a second target that exchanges commands and data with the first target and exchanges data with the initiator, the initiator providing a transfer command to the first target, the first target providing a transfer command to the second target, and in response to the transfer command received from the first target, the second target transferring data to the initiator. Data may be transferred to the initiator using RDMA. The second target may provide a status message to the first target indicating a result of transferring data. The first target may provide the status message to the initiator. The first target may be a host adaptor of a data storage array. The second target may be a flash memory. The initiator may be a host coupled to the data storage array.