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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2009
Geoffrey S. Barrall, San Jose, CA (US);
Trevor E. Willis, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Simon L. Benham, Berkshire, GB;
Michael Cooper, Berkshire, GB;
Jonathan Meyer, Surrey, GB;
Christopher J. Aston, Bucks, GB;
John Winfield, Berkshire, GB;
Geoffrey S. Barrall, San Jose, CA (US);
Trevor E. Willis, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Simon L. Benham, Berkshire, GB;
Michael Cooper, Berkshire, GB;
Jonathan Meyer, Surrey, GB;
Christopher J. Aston, Bucks, GB;
John Winfield, Berkshire, GB;
BlueArc UK Limited, Bracknell, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A file system adapter card that may be plugged into a host computer system for providing hardware-based file system accesses outside the purview of a host operating system running on the host computer system. The file system adapter card includes a hardware-implemented or hardware-accelerated file service subsystem and a computer bus that permits a host computer system to communicate directly with the file service subsystem for providing file service requests and receiving file service responses. The file service subsystem includes dedicated hardware that operates outside the immediate control of a host operating system, including specialized circuitry for performing at least one major subsystem function.