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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Assaf Natanzon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Shlomo Ahal, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assaf Natanzon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Shlomo Ahal, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a method to offload encryption processing in a storage area network (SAN) system includes determining whether a host is performing at a first performance level, offloading encryption processing at a processor if the host is not performing at a first performance level and performing encryption processing at the host if the host is performing at a first performance level.