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US 11,307,980 B2Granted
Distributed data storage system with passthrough operations
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorThomas R. Prohofsky
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Abstract
A distributed data storage system can have a plurality of data storage devices connected to a host via a network controller. Receipt of a data access request from the host with the network controller can result in passing the data access request to a predetermined data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices with the network controller without processing the data access request. The data access request may then be satisfied with a device controller of the predetermined data storage device.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- connecting a plurality of data storage devices to first and second hosts via a first network controller;
- receiving a first data access request from the first host with the first network controller, the first network controller capable of satisfying the first data access request;
- passing the first data access request to a predetermined data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices with the first network controller without acting on the first data access request with the first network controller;
- receiving a second data access request from the second host with the first network controller;
- passing the second data access request to a predetermined data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices with the first network controller without acting on or satisfying the second data access request with the first network controller;
- executing an in-drive mutex with a device controller of the predetermined data storage device on the first and second data access requests;
- and
- satisfying the first and second data access requests with the device controller of the predetermined data storage device.
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