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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Michael G Myrah, Cypress, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael G Myrah, Cypress, TX (US);
Balaji Natrajan, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/167 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0617 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 17/30194 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for retrieving data blocks are provided. In one aspect, a storage fabric address of a controller associated with a data block is retrieved by a node. If the node is on the same storage fabric as the retrieved address, the data block may be retrieved over the storage fabric. In another aspect, a directory server maintains mappings of data blocks to storage fabric addresses of controllers associated with the data blocks. A request for the location of the data block includes the storage fabric address of the associated controller.