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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
Graham Bromley, Dublin, CA (US);
Kirk W. Clowser, Dellwood, MN (US);
William Desjardin, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Graham Bromley, Dublin, CA (US);
Kirk W. Clowser, Dellwood, MN (US);
William DesJardin, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for managing data storage. A computer system comprises a data storage application and an API. The API presents a logical storage model to the data storage application for storing data on one or more storage appliances and accepts first and second plugins coupling first and second storage appliances, respectively, to the API. The first and second storage appliances store data according to different physical storage models. The API receives an access request from the data storage application targeting a portion of the logical storage model. In response to the access request, the API identifies a plugin and a corresponding storage appliance associated with the portion of the logical storage model and utilizes the identified plugin to map the portion of the logical storage model to a corresponding portion of the selected storage appliance's physical storage model.