Systems, methods, and apparatus for remote data transfers to memory

A system comprising:

• a target configured to:
• receive, using a first network path with a first protocol, a data transfer command, information to identify data comprising an object key including a data length and a data start address of the data, and access information;
• and
• perform, based on the data transfer command and based on the access information, using a second network path, using a memory access protocol, a transfer of the data, wherein the access information includes a connection handle which is part of the memory access protocol and the target is a memory, wherein the connection handle is for the transfer of data between the target and client and the first protocol is different from the memory access protocol, and wherein the object key and the access information are encoded, at least partially, in an encoded object key, and the encoded object key is decoded at the target, at least partially to extract the connection handle.

An apparatus comprising:

• a target interface;
• and
• one or more network interfaces configured to connect the target interface to a first network path and a second network path;
• wherein the target interface is configured to:
• receive, using the first network path with a first protocol, a data transfer command, information to identify data comprising an object key including a data length and a data start address of the data, and access information;
• and
• perform a data transfer on the data, based on the data transfer command and based on the access information, using the second network path, using a memory access protocol, wherein the access information includes a connection handle which is part of the memory access protocol for the data transfer between the target interface and a client interface and the first protocol is different from the memory access protocol, and the target interface is a memory interface, and wherein the object key and the access information are encoded, at least partially, in an encoded object key, and the encoded object key is decoded at the target, at least partially to extract the connection handle.