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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rodney A. DeKoning, Wichita, KS (US);
Bret S. Weber, Wichita, KS (US);
William Patrick Delaney, Wichita, KS (US);
Kenneth F. Day, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0658 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 11/1441 (2013.01); G06F 11/201 (2013.01); G06F 11/2089 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a storage system architecture. An Environmental service module (ESM) is coupled to one or more array controllers. The ESM is configured with a central processing unit and one or more assist functions. The assist functions may include nonvolatile memory. This nonvolatile memory may be used for write caching, mirroring data, and/or configuration data. The assist functions, or the ESM, may be controlled by the array controllers using SCSI or RDMA commands.