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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Thomas R. Ulrich, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
James R. Schweitzer, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Gregory D. Bolstad, Tustin, CA (US);
Jay G. Randall, Newport Beach, CA (US);
John R. Staub, Newport Beach, CA (US);
George W. Priester, Westminster, CA (US);
David H. Barry, Placentia, CA (US);
Leonard D. Olsen, Anaheim, CA (US);
Danny Lam, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Ronald K. Godshalk, Jr., Placentia, CA (US);
Snap Appliance, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A programmable data path accelerator is described. The programmable data path accelerator operates on a file server that includes a network interface for communicating with one or more clients. The network interface includes a network transaction queue. A metafile processor is configured to communicate with the network interface across a first memory-mapped bus and is configured to communicate with the storage interface across a second memory-mapped bus. A data engine configured to communicate with the network interface across the first memory-mapped bus and to communicate with the storage interface across the second memory-mapped bus.