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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2006
Raghavendra J. Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Murali Basavaiah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Urshit Parikh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Varagur Chandrasekaran, Fremont, CA (US);
Raghavendra J. Rao, Bangalore, IN;
Murali Basavaiah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Urshit Parikh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Varagur Chandrasekaran, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for facilitating caching in a storage area network (SAN). In general, data transfer traffic between one or more hosts and one or more memory portions in one or more storage device(s) is redirected to one or more cache modules. One or more network devices (e.g., switches) of the SAN can be configured to redirect data transfer for a particular memory portion of one or more storage device(s) to a particular cache module. As needed, data transfer traffic for any number of memory portions and storage devices can be identified for or removed from being redirected to a particular cache module. Also, any number of cache modules can be utilized for receiving redirected traffic so that such redirected traffic is divided among such cache modules in any suitable proportion for enhanced flexibility.