Electronic apparatus and method for expanding storage capacity of electronic apparatus
AssigneeQnap Systems, Inc.
InventorsChun-Wei Chen, Yao-Ying Chu
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus and a method for expanding a storage capacity of the electronic apparatus are provided. In the method, at least one storage equipment on a network is searched and logged in by using a network interface. A virtual disk is established and a volume of at least one disk in each storage equipment is attached to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus. The physical volume is transformed into a logical volume and a file system of the logical volume is established for providing the electronic device to access the logical volume.
Claims10
A method for expanding a storage capacity of an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- searching at least one storage equipment on a network and logging in the searched storage equipment by using a network interface;
- establishing a virtual disk and attaching a volume of at least one disk in each of the searched storage equipment to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus;
- transforming the physical volume into a logical volume and establishing a file system of the logical volume for providing the electronic apparatus to access the logical volume.
An electronic apparatus, comprising:
- a network connecting device, connecting a network;
- a storage device, storing a plurality of modules;
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- a processor, coupled to the network connecting device and the storage device, loading and executing the plurality of modules in the storage device, wherein the modules comprise:
- a protocol module, searching at least one storage equipment on the network by using the network connecting device, and logging in the searched storage equipment by using a network interface, wherein each of the storage equipment comprises at least one disk;
- a virtual disk module, establishing a virtual disk and attaching a volume of the at least one disk in each of the searched storage equipment to the virtual disk as a physical volume of the electronic apparatus;
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- a platform module, transforming the physical volume into a logical volume and establishing a file system of the logical volume for providing the electronic apparatus to access the logical volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.