公开(公告)号：WO2002065309A1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-22

申请号：PCT/US2002/004510

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: CONFLUENCE NETWORKS, INC.

Inventor： GAJJAR, Kumar ,  COLLINS, Jim ,  MEYER, Richard ,  PRASAD, Chandra ,  PATEL, Dipam

IPC: G06F13/00

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: A storage provisioning policy is created by specifying storage heuristics for storage attributes using storage heuristic metadata. Storage attributes characterize a storage device and storage heuristic metadata describe how to specify a storage heuristic (S602). Using the storage heuristic metadata, storage heuristics are defined to express a rule or constraint as a function of a storage attribute (S604). In addition, the storage provisioning policy may also specify mapping rules (S606) for exporting the storage to a consumer of the storage, such as the server or server cluster.

Abstract translation: 通过使用存储启发式元数据为存储属性指定存储启发式方法来创建存储配置策略。 存储属性表征存储设备，并且存储启发式元数据描述如何指定存储启发式（S602）。 使用存储启发式元数据，存储启发式被定义为表示作为存储属性的函数的规则或约束（S604）。 此外，存储提供策略还可以指定用于将存储导出到诸如服务器或服务器集群的存储的消费者的映射规则（S606）。

公开(公告)号：US20030037127A1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-20

申请号：US10077696

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: Confluence Networks, Inc.

Inventor： Nilesh Shah ,  Rahim Ibrahim ,  Nghiep Tran ,  Tuan Nguyen

IPC: G06F015/16

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: A storage server in a storage area network (SAN) environment connecting host computers and storage devices. The storage server includes a plurality of storage processors and a switching circuit. Data is routed between the storage processors via the switching circuit according to routing tags. The routing tags are examined prior to completely receiving the data, allowing the data to be routed with minimal delay.

公开(公告)号：US20020188711A1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-12

申请号：US10076906

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: Confluence Networks, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Meyer ,  Kumar Gajjar ,  Chan Ng ,  Andre Gusev

IPC: G06F007/00 ,  G06F017/30 ,  G06F015/173

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: Failover processing in storage server system utilizes policies for managing fault tolerance (FT) and high availability (HA) configurations. The approach encapsulates the knowledge of failover recovery between components within a storage server and between storage server systems. This knowledge includes information about what components are participating in a Failover Set, how they are configured for failover, what is the Fail-Stop policy, and what are the steps to perform when nullfailing-overnull a component.

Abstract translation: 存储服务器系统中的故障转移处理利用管理容错（FT）和高可用性（HA）配置的策略。 该方法封装了存储服务器内部和存储服务器系统之间的组件之间故障转移恢复的知识。 此知识包括有关哪些组件参与故障转移集的信息，如何配置故障转移，什么是故障停止策略，以及在“故障转移”组件时要执行的步骤。

公开(公告)号：WO2002065290A1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-22

申请号：PCT/US2002/004908

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: CONFLUENCE NETWORKS, INC.

Inventor： MEYER, Richard ,  GAJJAR, Kumar ,  NG, Chan ,  GUSEV, Andre

IPC: G06F11/16

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: Failover processing in storage server system utilizes policies for managing fault tolerance (FT) and high availability (HA) configurations. The approach encapsulates the knowledge of failover recovery between components within a storage server and between storage server systems. This knowledge includes information about what components are participating in a Failover Set, how they are configured for failover, what is the Fail-Stop policy, and what are the steps to perform when "failing-over" a component.

Abstract translation: 存储服务器系统中的故障转移处理利用管理容错（FT）和高可用性（HA）配置的策略。 该方法封装了存储服务器内部和存储服务器系统之间的组件之间故障转移恢复的知识。 此知识包括有关哪些组件参与故障转移集的信息，如何配置故障转移，什么是故障停止策略，以及在“故障转移”组件时要执行的步骤。

公开(公告)号：WO2002065249A3

公开(公告)日：2002-08-22

申请号：PCT/US2002/004472

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: CONFLUENCE NETWORKS, INC. ,  GAJJAR, Kumar ,  COLLINS, Jim ,  PATEL, Dipam ,  MEYER, Richard ,  PRASAD, Chandra

Inventor： GAJJAR, Kumar ,  COLLINS, Jim ,  PATEL, Dipam ,  MEYER, Richard ,  PRASAD, Chandra

IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract: In a storage server on a storage area network, a media unit manager manages disk space in a manner transparent to the host computers (106). The media manager (120) uses media units corresponding to the physical storage devices (104) on the storage area network to build higher level media units. The higher level media units can have attributes of being sliced concatenated, mirrored, striped, etc. Thus the host computers (106) need not be aware of the specific physical storage devices themselves, reducing the management and reconfiguration burden on the host computers (106) when storage devices (104) are added to or removed from the storage area network.

公开(公告)号：WO02065249A2

公开(公告)日：2002-08-22

申请号：PCT/US0204472

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: CONFLUENCE NETWORKS INC ,  GAJJAR KUMAR ,  COLLINS JIM ,  PATEL DIPAM ,  MEYER RICHARD ,  PRASAD CHANDRA

Inventor： GAJJAR KUMAR ,  COLLINS JIM ,  PATEL DIPAM ,  MEYER RICHARD ,  PRASAD CHANDRA

IPC: G06F13/10 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F7/00 ,  G06F11/07 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: In a storage server on a storage area network, a media unit manager manages disk space in a manner transparent to the host computers. The media unit manager uses media units corresponding to the physical storage devices on the storage area network to build higher-level media units. The higher level media units can have the attributes of being sliced, concatenated, mirrored, striped, etc. Thus, the host computers need not be aware of the specific physical storage devices themselves, reducing the management and reconfiguration burden on the host computers when storage devices are added to or removed from the storage area network.

Abstract translation: 在存储区域网络中的存储服务器中，媒体单元管理器以对主计算机透明的方式管理磁盘空间。 媒体单元管理器使用与存储区域网络上的物理存储设备相对应的媒体单元来构建更高级别的媒体单元。 较高级别的媒体单元可以具有切片，连接，镜像，条带化等属性。因此，主机计算机不需要自己了解特定的物理存储设备，从而减少存储时主机上的管理和重新配置负担 设备被添加到存储区域网络或从存储区域网络中移除。

公开(公告)号：US20020174306A1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-21

申请号：US10077482

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: Confluence Networks, Inc.

Inventor： Kumar Gajjar ,  Jim Collins ,  Richard Meyer ,  Chandra Prasad ,  Dipam Patel

IPC: G06F012/00

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: A storage provisioning policy is created by specifying storage heuristics for storage attributes using storage heuristic metadata. Storage attributes characterize a storage device and storage heuristic metadata describe how to specify a storage heuristic. Using the storage heuristic metadata, storage heuristics are defined to express a rule or constraint as a function of a storage attribute. In addition, the storage provisioning policy may also specify mapping rules for exporting the storage to a consumer of the storage, such as the server or server cluster.

Abstract translation: 通过使用存储启发式元数据为存储属性指定存储启发式方法来创建存储配置策略。 存储属性表征存储设备，存储启发式元数据描述如何指定存储启发式。 使用存储启发式元数据，存储启发式被定义为表示作为存储属性的函数的规则或约束。 此外，存储配置策略还可以指定用于将存储导出到存储的消费者（诸如服务器或服务器集群）的映射规则。

公开(公告)号：EP1370950A1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-17

申请号：EP02718983.6

申请日：2002-02-13

Applicant: Confluence Networks Inc.

Inventor： GAJJAR, Kumar ,  COLLINS, Jim ,  MEYER, Richard ,  PRASAD, Chandra ,  PATEL, Dipam

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  G06F17/60 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F12/1458 ,  G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0607 ,  G06F3/0614 ,  G06F3/0629 ,  G06F3/0632 ,  G06F3/0635 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/0724 ,  G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/0793 ,  G06F11/1482 ,  G06F11/201 ,  G06F11/2025 ,  G06F11/2089 ,  G06F11/2092 ,  G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/2097 ,  G06F2201/815 ,  H04L49/357 ,  H04L67/1097

Abstract: In a storage server on a storage area network, a media unit manager manages disk space in a manner transparent to the host computers. The media unit manager uses media units corresponding to the physical storage devices on the storage area network to build higher-level media units. The higher level media units can have the attributes of being sliced, concatenated, mirrored, striped, etc. Thus, the host computers need not be aware of the specific physical storage devices themselves, reducing the management and reconfiguration burden on the host computers when storage devices are added to or removed from the storage area network.