Advanced storage controller

A system, comprising:

• one or more host devices;
• one or more storage controllers connected with the one or more host devices, wherein at least one of the one or more storage controllers is an advanced storage controller further comprising:
• a host device simulation component capable of connecting with the one or more host devices;
• a physical device component capable of connecting with the one or more physical devices;
• a cache device component connected with the host device simulation component and the physical device component providing cache memory and capable of segmenting the cache memory for use by a specific group of cache devices;
• and
• one or more processing elements and memory elements connected with the host device simulation component, the physical device component and the cache device component;
• and
• one or more physical devices connected with the plurality of advanced storage controllers,
• wherein the cache device component is capable of providing parallel processing functionality to the advanced storage controller.

An advanced storage controller, comprising:

• means for receiving data from one or more host devices means for caching data;
• means for processing data;
• and
• means for connecting one or more physical devices,
• wherein the caching means provides cache memory and is capable of segmenting the cache memory to enable parallel processing functionality for the advanced storage controller.

A method for providing a storage controller, comprising:

• receiving data from one or more host processing systems;
• processing data through one or more general and special purpose functional components;
• and
• transmitting data to one or more physical devices,
• wherein one or more cache device components, comprising one of the one or more general and special purpose functional components, is capable of providing parallel processing functionality to the user of the advanced storage controller.