The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Infortrend Technology, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Michael Gordon Schnapp, New Taipei, TW;
Chieh-Wei Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
INFORTREND TECHNOLOGY, INC., New Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0605 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 3/0686 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1662 (2013.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 2003/0697 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage virtualization subsystem (SVS) for providing storage to a host entity is disclosed. The SVS comprises a storage virtualization controller for connecting to the host entity, at least one physical storage device (PSD) pool, and at least one PSD is designated to be a pool spare PSD to the at least one PSD pool. The at least one PSD pool comprises at least one PSD to store user data or associated redundant information and is given a pool ID for identifying the PSD pool.