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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marc Timothy Jones, Longmont, CO (US);
Jason Wayne Kinsey, Longmont, CO (US);
Benjamin James Scott, Longmont, CO (US);
Robert William Dixon, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2005.12); G06F 12/02 (2005.12); G06F 13/16 (2005.12); G06F 13/40 (2005.12); G06F 13/42 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1668 (2012.12); G06F 12/0253 (2012.12); G06F 13/28 (2012.12); G06F 13/4022 (2012.12); G06F 13/4221 (2012.12);
Abstract
The technology disclosed herein pertains to a system and method for scaling storage using peer-to-peer NVMe communication, the method including selecting one of a plurality of NVMe devices as principal device to control communication with a host via a PCI switch, designating remainder of the plurality of NVMe devices as subordinate devices, and controlling the communication between the host and the subordinate devices using a PCI P2P DMA between the principal device and the subordinate devices.