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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Whay S. Lee, Newark, CA (US);
Randall Rettberg, Danville, CA (US);
Nisha D. Talagala, Fremont, CA (US);
Chia Y. Wu, Newark, CA (US);
Fay Chong, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Whay S. Lee, Newark, CA (US);
Randall Rettberg, Danville, CA (US);
Nisha D. Talagala, Fremont, CA (US);
Chia Y. Wu, Newark, CA (US);
Fay Chong, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage array interconnection fabric may be configured using multiple independent paths. A storage system including a plurality of communication paths is configured for connecting each node of a plurality of nodes forming an interconnection fabric. Each of the communications paths is an independent communications path. In addition, a first portion of the plurality of nodes is configured to communicate with a plurality of mass storage devices such as disk drives. A second portion of the plurality of nodes may be configured to communicate with a host.