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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Katherine Tyldesley Blinick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg Steven Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Earl Medlin, Tucson, AZ (US);
Katherine Tyldesley Blinick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregg Steven Lucas, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Earl Medlin, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for integrating redundant array of independent disk ('RAID') storage within a blade center. A plurality of mutually autonomous storage subsystems mount within the blade center through a switch. Each storage subsystem includes a storage module comprising a plurality of storage devices and a RAID controller. A server blade mounted within the blade center may access a first storage subsystem through a switch module. The switch module is a non-blocking, cross-point switch. In one embodiment, the switch module restricts the server blade's access to a second storage subsystem.