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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2010
Susan M. Coatney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen H. Strange, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas W. Coatney, San Jose, CA (US);
Atul Goel, San Jose, CA (US);
Susan M. Coatney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen H. Strange, Mountain View, CA (US);
Douglas W. Coatney, San Jose, CA (US);
Atul Goel, San Jose, CA (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A slice manager module, in the operating system of a storage server, manages the virtual slicing of a mass storage device. The slice manager module receives a notification that a mass storage device has been added to an array of mass storage devices coupled to the storage system. The slice manager module reads header information in the mass storage device to determine a format of the mass storage device. If the mass storage device has not been previously sliced, the slice manager module virtually slices the mass storage device into a plurality of slices, where virtually slicing the mass storage device includes specifying an offset in the mass storage device where each of the plurality of slices is located.