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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2005
Mark G. Hayden, Fairfield, CA (US);
Sebastian Sobolewski, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert N. Mastors, Erie, CO (US);
John Spiers, Louisville, CO (US);
Mark G. Hayden, Fairfield, CA (US);
Sebastian Sobolewski, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert N. Mastors, Erie, CO (US);
John Spiers, Louisville, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A distributed network storage system provides capability to send and receive storage information from multiple network storage servers in a storage area network using iSCSI commands. A storage server system comprising at least two data storage servers stores one or more logical volumes of data. A host computer receives a storage command from a host application, and determines one or more data storage servers has information to complete the storage command. The host computer generates one or more iSCSI network commands to carry out the storage command, and transmits the iSCSI network commands directly to each data storage server having necessary information. The storage servers receive iSCSI network commands, and return a response to the host. The host and storage servers verify the configuration of the storage network and are capable of correcting or updating the configuration as required.