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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2024
Netapp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Joseph Fiore, Ramsey, MN (US);
Reyaz Ahmed, Fremont, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques, equipment, and systems for enhanced storage systems and storage drive interfacing are presented herein. In one example, a storage interposer includes a storage device connector configured to couple a dual port interface selected among a first interface protocol and a second interface protocol, and a protocol unit configured to transfer storage transactions received over the dual port interface in a storage format. The storage interposer also includes a transaction unit configured to obtain the storage transactions in the storage format and process indications of which port among the dual port interface supplied each of the storage transactions against one or more criteria to order the storage transactions into a queue shared among the ports. A single port storage drive coupled to the storage interposer can be issued the storage transactions from the queue according to the order.