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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:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Nilesh Shah, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nghiep Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Tuan Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nilesh Shah, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rahim Ibrahim, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nghiep Tran, San Jose, CA (US);
Tuan Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage server in a storage area network (SAN) environment connecting host computers and storage devices. The storage server includes a plurality of storage processors and a switching circuit. Data is routed between the storage processors via the switching circuit according to routing tags. The routing tags are examined prior to completely receiving the data, allowing the data to be routed with minimal delay.