Vast data storage system
AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorsJohn Colgrove, John D. Davis, John Hayes
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Abstract
A storage system is provided. The storage system includes a plurality of storage units, each of the plurality of storage units having storage memory for user data and a plurality of storage nodes, each of the plurality of storage nodes configured to have ownership of a portion of the user data. The storage system includes a first pathway, coupling the plurality of storage units such that each of the plurality of storage units can communicate with at least one other of the plurality of storage units via the first pathway without assistance from the plurality of storage nodes.
Claims20
A storage system comprising:
- a plurality of storage units, each having a controller and solid-state storage memory;
- a first pathway that couples processors of a plurality of storage nodes and is configured to couple to a network external to the storage system;
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- a second pathway that couples at least a first controller of a first storage unit to a second controller of a second storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.