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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Ryan Wallner, South Grafton, MA (US);
Robert Anthony Lincourt, Jr., Pawtucket, RI (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A first virtual network storage function instance associated with a first portion of at least one network is configured to communicate with at least a second virtual network storage function instance associated with a second portion of the at least one network. The first and second virtual network storage function instances collectively comprise at least part of a virtual network storage function layer configured to interact with an underlying storage layer providing access to physical storage comprising a plurality of storage elements. The first and second virtual network storage function instances are configured to implement at least one data service that involves processing data obtained from at least one of the storage elements via at least one of the first and second portions of the at least one network, responsive to analytics performed by at least one of the first and second virtual network storage function instances.