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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:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E. Dimitroff, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A computer system and method using a standardized shareability scheme for establishing a shared level for each of a plurality of storage units located in the computer system. The computer system includes a plurality of hosts and controllers coupled to a peer network (storage area network). Each storage unit is coupled to one of the controllers and includes at least one parametric from a group of parametrics used in classifying the shared level of a particular storage unit. The hosts using the standardized shared levels are able to identify a shareability characteristic of each storage unit.