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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Christopher John Van Krevelen, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Reed S. Nelson, Shoreview, MN (US);
James P. Hughes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Timothy J. Mueggenberg, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Atiq Ahamad, Maplegrove, MN (US);
Ravi Kumar Kavuri, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Christopher John Van Krevelen, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Reed S. Nelson, Shoreview, MN (US);
James P. Hughes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Timothy J. Mueggenberg, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Atiq Ahamad, Maplegrove, MN (US);
Ravi Kumar Kavuri, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Abstract
A data processing system, method, and product are disclosed for managing a virtual storage system. A first command is received from a host to store data utilizing a storage scheme. At least one second command is generated to write data according to the storage scheme to ones of the storage devices in response to the receipt of the first command. The at least one second command is then transmitted to the ones of the plurality of storage devices. Data is stored in the ones of the storage devices according to the storage scheme in response to a receipt of the second command by a storage device.