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：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.