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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Robert A. Cochran, Roseville, CA (US);
Marcel Duvekot, Rocklin, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Cochran, Roseville, CA (US);
Marcel Duvekot, Rocklin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage system comprises an interface capable of interconnecting a network infrastructure via a plurality of communication links. The plurality of communication links has a diversity of data-carrying capacity and performance. The storage system further comprises a controller coupled to the interface that assigns the plurality of communication links into at least one link affinity group based on performance criteria and controls link selection based on link affinity group assignment.