公开(公告)号：US20180046514A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15675410

申请日：2017-08-11

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Jason Breakstone ,  Christopher R. Long ,  James Scott Cannata

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  G06F12/02

CPC classification number: G06F9/5044 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F2203/04803 ,  G06F2213/0026

Abstract: Disaggregated computing architectures, platforms, and systems are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating compute units is presented that includes forming compute units among a plurality of physical computing components comprising at least central processing units (CPUs), storage modules, and network interface modules coupled over a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) fabric configured to communicatively couple the plurality of physical computing components and isolate the compute unit in the clustered environment using logical partitioning within the PCIe fabric. The method also includes initiating a software component deployed to at least associated CPUs within the compute units, reporting telemetry to the management processor related to operation of the compute unit, and emulating operation of an Ethernet interface to an operating system of the associated CPU for transfer of communications comprising at least the telemetry to the management processor over the PCIe fabric.

公开(公告)号：US09798636B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14747450

申请日：2015-06-23

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Jason Breakstone ,  Christopher R. Long ,  James Scott Cannata

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/14

CPC classification number: G06F11/2053 ,  G06F11/2007 ,  G06F11/2012 ,  G06F11/2017 ,  G06F11/2069 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F13/4068 ,  G06F13/4234 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  G06F2201/85 ,  H04L67/1097 ,  H04L69/40

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage system is provided that includes storage drives each comprising a PCIe interface, and configured to store data and retrieve the data stored on associated storage media responsive to data transactions received over a switched PCIe fabric. The data storage system includes processors configured to each manage only an associated subset of the storage drives over the switched PCIe fabric. A first processor is configured to identify first data packets received over a network interface associated with the first processor within a network buffer of the first processor as comprising a storage operation associated with at least one of the plurality of storage drives managed by a second processor, and responsively transfer the first data packets into a network buffer of the second processor.

公开(公告)号：US20170220505A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15418094

申请日：2017-01-27

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Jason Breakstone ,  Brenden Michael Rust ,  Christopher R. Long ,  Andrew Rudolph Heyd ,  Sumit Puri ,  Bryan Schramm ,  Seth Walsh

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F13/16

CPC classification number: G06F13/4022 ,  G06F1/187 ,  G06F1/30 ,  G06F11/2015 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/4068 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  G06F2213/0026

Abstract: Enhanced data storage devices in various form factors are discussed herein. In one example, a storage drive includes a plurality of storage devices configured to store and retrieve data responsive to operations received over Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interfaces, a PCIe switch circuit communicatively coupled to the PCIe interfaces of the storage devices and configured to receive over a host connector the operations issued by a host system and transfer the storage operations for ones of the storage devices over associated ones of the PCIe interfaces. The storage drive includes holdup circuitry configured to provide holdup power the storage devices. The storage drive includes a first circuit board assembly comprising three storage device connectors that couple to corresponding storage devices, and a second circuit board assembly comprising a further storage device connector that couples to a further storage device.

公开(公告)号：US09678910B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14694578

申请日：2015-04-23

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Jason Breakstone ,  Christopher Long

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/38 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F3/00

CPC classification number: G06F13/4022 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0688 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/1441 ,  G06F11/2015 ,  G06F11/3034 ,  G06F11/3058 ,  G06F13/4221 ,  Y02D10/14 ,  Y02D10/151

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage assembly is provided. The data storage assembly includes a plurality of storage drives each comprising a PCIe host interface and solid state storage media, with each of the storage drives configured to store and retrieve data responsive to storage operations received over an associated PCIe host interface. The data storage assembly includes a PCIe switch circuit coupled to the PCIe host interfaces of the storage drives and configured to receive the storage operations issued by one or more host systems over a shared PCIe interface and transfer the storage operations for delivery to the storage drives over selected ones of the PCIe host interfaces. The data storage assembly includes holdup circuitry configured to provide power to at least the storage drives after input power is lost to the data storage assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170045922A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-16

申请号：US15334285

申请日：2016-10-25

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Rudolph Heyd ,  Brenden Michael Rust ,  Seth Walsh ,  Jason Breakstone ,  Christopher R. Long

IPC: G06F1/18 ,  H05K7/14

CPC classification number: G06F1/187 ,  G11B33/128 ,  H05K7/1487

Abstract: A data storage sled is provided. The data storage sled includes a circuit card assembly comprising connectors for coupling to drive modules and a host connector for coupling the data storage sled to an external connector, an enclosure comprising apertures in the enclosure thorough which individual ones of the drive modules can be inserted into an associated connector on the circuit card assembly. The data storage sled also includes drive module mounting assembles configured to hold the individual ones of the drive modules into the associated connector by at least including movable mounting features to accommodate varying lengths among the individual ones of the drive modules.

Abstract translation: 提供数据存储器。 数据存储滑轨包括电路卡组件，其包括用于耦合到驱动模块的连接器和用于将数据存储滑架耦合到外部连接器的主机连接器，包括壳体中的孔，其中可以将各个驱动模块插入其中的孔 电路卡组件上的相关连接器。 数据存储滑板还包括驱动模块安装组件，其配置成通过至少包括可移动的安装特征来容纳各驱动模块中的各个驱动模块的不同长度来将各个驱动模块保持在相关联的连接器中。

公开(公告)号：US20160154591A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-02

申请号：US15017071

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Jason Breakstone ,  Alok Gupta ,  Himanshu Desai ,  Angelo Campos

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42

CPC classification number: G06F3/0613 ,  G06F1/08 ,  G06F1/30 ,  G06F3/0604 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0653 ,  G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0665 ,  G06F3/0685 ,  G06F3/0688 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  G06F2213/0026 ,  Y02D10/14 ,  Y02D10/151 ,  Y02D10/154

Abstract: A data storage device is presented that includes an interface system configured to communicate over an aggregated host link comprising Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) interfaces to receive one or more write operations for storage of data by the data storage device. The data storage device includes plurality solid state drives (SSDs) each comprising drive PCIe interfaces coupled to the interface system. The interface system is configured to process the one or more write operations against storage allocation information to parallelize the data among the SSDs and transfer portions of the parallelized data to associated SSDs over corresponding drive PCIe interfaces.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种数据存储设备，其包括被配置为通过包括外围组件互连Express（PCIe）接口的聚合主机链路进行通信的接口系统，以接收由数据存储设备存储数据的一个或多个写入操作。 数据存储设备包括多个固态驱动器（SSD），每个固态驱动器包括耦合到接口系统的驱动器PCIe接口。 接口系统被配置为处理针对存储分配信息的一个或多个写入操作，以将SSD之间的数据并行并将并行化数据的部分传输到相应的驱动器PCIe接口上的相关联的SSD。

公开(公告)号：US12086089B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US18481319

申请日：2023-10-05

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Christopher R. Long ,  Jason Breakstone

IPC: G06F3/06 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G21D1/02 ,  G06F11/14 ,  G06F11/20

CPC classification number: G06F13/4022 ,  G05B11/01 ,  G06F1/263 ,  G06F3/0617 ,  G06F3/0625 ,  G06F3/0634 ,  G06F3/0658 ,  G06F3/0688 ,  G06F3/0689 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/3034 ,  G06F11/3058 ,  G06F13/4221 ,  G21D1/02 ,  G06F11/1441 ,  G06F11/2015 ,  Y02D10/00 ,  Y02E30/30

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for computing systems are provided herein. In one example, a system includes a processor configured to communicate over a network interface and a processor peripheral communication interface. The system includes communication switch circuitry communicatively coupling the processor peripheral communication interface and a device peripheral communication interface of an endpoint device. The communication switch circuitry is configured to establish logical isolation among ports of the communication switch circuitry by instantiating visibility over the logical isolation among the processor and the endpoint device. The processor is configured to determine transactions received over the network interface are targeted for the endpoint device, and transfer at least data of the transactions over the communication switch circuitry for receipt by the endpoint device.

公开(公告)号：US11687480B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US17151800

申请日：2021-01-19

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Rudolph Heyd ,  Brenden Michael Rust ,  Jason Breakstone ,  Sumit Puri ,  Bryan Schramm

IPC: H05K7/00 ,  G06F13/40 ,  H05K7/14 ,  H04L12/40 ,  H04L12/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/42 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/11

CPC classification number: G06F13/4081 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  H04L12/00 ,  H04L12/40013 ,  H05K1/028 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H05K7/14 ,  G06F2213/0026

Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein having enhanced modular carrier form factors. In an implementation, an apparatus includes a carrier insertable into a modular bay of a chassis assembly, and a network interface card (NIC). The apparatus includes an Ethernet network cable connector configured to carry Ethernet signaling of the NIC, and a device U.2 connector configured to carry host communications of the NIC and mate with a mating U.2 connector of the modular bay when the carrier is inserted into the chassis assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11615044B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17701041

申请日：2022-03-22

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： James Scott Cannata ,  German Kazakov ,  Christopher R. Long ,  Jason Breakstone

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F12/02 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F13/28

Abstract: Peer-to-peer arrangements between graphics processing units (GPUs) are provided herein. A method includes establishing synthetic devices representing GPUs in an address domain associated with a host processor, where the GPUs have a different address domain than the host processor. The method also includes forming a peer arrangement between the GPUs such that data transfers between the GPUs in the different address domain can be initiated by the host processor interfacing with the synthetic devices.

公开(公告)号：US10747701B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US15914081

申请日：2018-03-07

Applicant: Liqid Inc.

Inventor： Christopher R. Long ,  Jason Breakstone ,  Andrew Rudolph Heyd ,  Brenden Michael Rust ,  Seth Walsh ,  Bryan Schramm

IPC: G06F1/20 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F11/20 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F1/26 ,  G06F11/30 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H01L23/367

Abstract: Rackmount Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch assemblies are provided herein. One example PCIe switch assembly includes an enclosure that encases elements of the PCIe switch assembly, a first plurality of PCIe interconnect ports positioned on a front side of the PCIe switch assembly, and a second plurality of PCIe interconnect ports positioned on a rear side of the PCIe switch assembly. One or more redundancy cross-link ports are provided to handle failover traffic with at least another PCIe switch assembly. PCIe switch circuitry is communicatively coupled to the first plurality of PCIe interconnect ports and the second plurality of PCIe interconnect ports that form a cluster interconnect PCIe fabric. A control processor is configured to control operation of at least the PCIe switch circuitry and the one or more redundancy cross-link ports.