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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2015
Excelero Storage Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
EXCELERO STORAGE LTD., Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A controller system allows direct access to a client device accessing remote data storage devices communicatively connected to the controller. A virtual block metadata (VBM) is generated by the controller system, the VBM including a plurality of maps. Each map includes a plurality of virtual addresses, each virtual address mapped to a physical address, each physical address on a remote storage device of the plurality of storage devices. The client device is sent a portion of the VBM, the portion including the map of the virtual addresses sent to the client. The controller receives, over a first network interface, read/write instructions from the client device for the a physical address corresponding to the virtual address allocated to the client device.