Apparatus and method to pass through data in a storage area network
AssigneeSepaton, Inc.
InventorMiklos Sandorfi
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Abstract
An auxiliary controller is interposable intermediate a data source (such as one or more computers or one or more mass storage devices) and a data sink (such as one or more mass storage devices or one or more computers) to provide additional operations on s the data as desired without interfering with the transmission of data between the source and sink.
Claims11
A data management unit interposable between a source and a sink of data and providing access to such data for possible operations thereon, comprising:
- a logic unit for examining data as it passes between said source and said sink;
- a control unit including at least a central processing unit for controlling operations on at least a portion of said data, said operations including at least any of (1) copying said data as it passes through said unit and (2) modifying said data, as it passes through said unit, said unit operating on said data without communication with either said source or said sink.
A data management unit interposable between a source and a sink of framed data and providing access to such data for possible operations thereon on a frame-by-frame basis, comprising:
- a logic unit for examining each data frame as it passes between said source and said sink;
- a control unit responsive to detecting a defined pattern in a data frame to enable an operation to be performed on said data, said operation including at least one of (1) copying said data as it passes through said unit and (2) modifying said data as it passes through said unit, said unit operating on said data without communication with either said source or said sink.
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