The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Ronald Brown, Dunfermline, GB;
John Duncan Bankier, Glasgow, GB;
Dylan Simon, New York, NY (US);
Jie Yu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Srinivas Aji, Bangalore, IN;
Ronald Brown, Dunfermline, GB;
John Duncan Bankier, Glasgow, GB;
Dylan Simon, New York, NY (US);
Jie Yu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Srinivas Aji, Bangalore, IN;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for reconciling results returned from a multi-protocol scan of a NAS system. Certain NAS systems use different protocols. Some may use the NFS protocol, whereas others may use the CIFS protocol. A scan of the NAS may therefore produce two data object names for a single data object. When a storage virtualization system is tasked with acting as an intermediary between the client and the NAS, these two data object names will cause errors during data migration, synchronization or redirection. The present invention is a method for using the results of a multi-protocol scan of the NAS in order to reconcile data object names that may present differently depending on the protocol applied.