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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2004
Applicants:
Bahareh Ghaffari, Boulder, CO (US);
Aloke Guha, Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Bahareh Ghaffari, Boulder, CO (US);
Aloke Guha, Louisville, CO (US);
Assignee:
Copan Systems, Inc., Longmont, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interconnecting unit and method for data communication between a plurality of computer hosts and a plurality of storage devices. The interconnecting unit couples the hosts to the storage devices and enables the data communication. The interconnection includes a plurality device control units. Each of the device control unit allows multiple commands to be distributed to multiple storage devices. The communication through the interconnecting unit is strong enough to tolerate failure across one connection path between the hosts and the storage devices.