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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.:

US 9824027 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2013

Apparatus, system, and method for a storage area network

Applicant:

Intelligent Intellectual Property Holdings 2, Llc, Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

David Flynn, Sandy, UT (US);

David Atkisson, Draper, UT (US);

Bert Lagerstedt, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

John Strasser, Syracuse, UT (US);

Jonathan Thatcher, Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Michael Zappe, Arvada, UT (US);

Assignee:

SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:

Kunzler, PC

Primary Examiner:

Charles Rones

Assistant Examiner:

Ryan Dare

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/121 (2016.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 12/123 (2016.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/121 (2013.01); G06F 1/183 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 9/52 (2013.01); G06F 11/108 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/12 (2013.01); G06F 12/123 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); G06F 13/426 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H05K 7/1444 (2013.01); H05K 7/1487 (2013.01); G06F 2211/002 (2013.01); G06F 2211/103 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/2022 (2013.01); G06F 2212/222 (2013.01); G06F 2212/69 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1235 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and system are disclosed for a storage area network ('SAN'). In one embodiment, a computer system includes an internal storage device and an internal storage controller. In this embodiment, the internal storage controller is configured to implement a SAN that includes at least the internal storage device and a storage device external to the computer system. In this embodiment, the internal storage controller is further configured to service a storage request received from a client that involves data stored by the internal storage device. In this embodiment, the internal storage controller is configured to communicate with the external storage device via a network.

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