Distributed storage device
AssigneeAccelstor Ltd.
InventorsShih-Chiang Tsao, Ting-Fang Chien
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Abstract
A distributed storage device includes a control unit and a plurality of storage units. The control unit has a network interface, to receive a work instruction sent by at least one user end via a network. Each storage unit supports a non-volatile memory host controller interface (NVMHCI) specification and includes at least one non-volatile memory and a storage controller. The storage controller is capable of performing an operation on the at least one non-volatile memory according to the work instruction, to share operation resources of the control unit. The operation may be thin provisioning that establishes a physical volume and a logical volume for the storage unit.
Claims10
A distributed storage device, comprising:
- a control unit having a network interface, to receive a work instruction sent by at least one user end via a network;
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- a plurality of storage units coupled to the control unit, each supporting a non-volatile memory host controller interface (NVMHCI) specification and comprising at least one non-volatile memory and a storage controller coupled to each other, wherein the storage controller is capable of performing an operation on the at least one non-volatile memory according to the work instruction, and the operation is thin provisioning that establishes, for the storage unit, a physical volume and a logical volume whose capacity is greater than that of the physical volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.