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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Applicants:
James R. Grier, Groton, MA (US);
Scott Schoenthal, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
James R. Grier, Groton, MA (US);
Scott Schoenthal, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A computer storage system executes a host operating system on the computer. A plurality of storage operating system simulators are executed by the host operating system, each storage operating system simulator simulating an operating system of a storage system. Input/output operations are performed between the simulators through an interprocess data pathway, the interprocess data pathway connecting storage operating system simulators.