Generic storage container for allocating multiple data formats
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsClark Lubbers, Randy Roberson
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Abstract
A generic storage container system is provided for a grid-based storage architecture, comprising a generic storage container comprising a plurality of storage domains along one axis against a plurality of rows of stripes along another axis defining a preselected storage capacity, and configuration information allocating the stripes in response to a storage format specified by an allocation request. A method is provided for storing the data, comprising: providing the generic storage container; providing configuration information adapted for selectively allocating the stripes in relation to a data storage format; specifying a desired storage format; and allocating the stripes in response to the desired format.
Claims20
A generic storage container system for a grid-based storage architecture comprising:
- a storage container comprising a plurality of storage domains along one axis against a plurality of rows of stripes along another axis defining a preselected storage capacity;
- and
- configuration information allocating the stripes in response to a storage format specified by an allocation request.
A method of storing data in a data storage system comprising:
- providing a storage container comprising a plurality of storage domains along one axis against a plurality of rows of stripes along another axis defining a preselected storage capacity;
- providing configuration information adapted for selectively allocating the stripes in relation to a data storage format;
- specifying a desired storage format;
- and
- allocating the stripes in response to the desired format.
A data storage system comprising:
- a data storage grid defining data stripes across a plurality of domains;
- and
- means for configuring the data stripes in relation to a desired data storage format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.