Network storage services implemented via storage products and external software

A computing device, comprising:

• a computer bus;
• a local host system connected to the computer bus;
• and
• a storage product manufactured as a computer component, the storage product comprising:
• a random-access memory;
• a register file configured to store a message selection configuration;
• a network interface;
• a bus connector connected to the computer bus;
• a processing device;
• and
• a local storage device having a storage capacity accessible via the network interface;
• wherein the local host system is configured via a storage application to:
• receive a first message, selected by the processing device according to the message selection configuration and from incoming messages received via the network interface of the storage product;
• generate, as a result of processing the first message in the local host system, one or more second messages;
• send, through the bus connector, the one or more second messages to the local storage device to generate, for the one or more second messages respectively, one or more second responses;
• receive the one or more second responses from the storage product;
• generate, based on the one or more second responses, a first response to the first message;
• and
• send, through the bus connector, the first response for transmission by the network interface;
• wherein the storage application is further configured to receive user inputs to specify first criteria in the message selection configuration;
• wherein the first message is selected for processing by the storage application according to the first criteria;
• wherein the one or more second responses are selected for processing by the storage application according to the first criteria;
• wherein the storage application is further configured to receive user inputs to specify second criteria in the message selection configuration;
• wherein third messages are selected according to the second criteria from the incoming messages for bypassing the local host system in processing;
• wherein the local storage device is configured to process the third messages and the second messages to generate responses from which third responses are selected according to the second criteria for bypassing the local host system in transmission via the network interface.

A non-transitory computer storage medium storing instructions of a storage application which, when executed in a host system, causes the host system to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, in the storage application, a first message selected according to a message selection configuration and from incoming messages received via a network interface of the storage product;
• generating, by the storage application running in the local host system, one or more second messages as a result of processing the first message in the local host system;
• providing, by the storage application running in the local host system, the one or more second messages to the storage product to generate one or more second responses to the one or more second messages respectively;
• receiving, in the storage application running in the local host system, the one or more second responses from the storage product;
• generating, by the storage application based on the one or more second responses, a first response to the first message;
• providing, by the storage application running in the local host system, the first response to cause the storage product to transmit the first response;
• receiving, in a user interface of the storage application, user inputs;
• generating, based on the user inputs, the message selection configuration;
• writing, into the storage product, the message selection configuration;
• configuring, by the storage application, first criteria in the message selection configuration, wherein the first message is selected for processing by the local host system according to the first criteria;
• and
• configuring, by the storage application, second criteria in the message selection configuration, wherein third messages are selected according to the second criteria from the incoming messages for bypassing the local host system in processing;
• wherein the one or more second responses are selected for processing by the local host system according to the first criteria;
• wherein the storage product includes a storage device configured to process the third messages and the second messages to generate responses from which third responses are selected according to the second criteria for bypassing the local host system in transmission via the network interface.