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US 2022/0035558 A1Published application
Physical storage drive with infinite storage capacity
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorRajiv Popat
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AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorRajiv Popat
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A peripheral storage system and method provide a separate host device with zero-configuration physical storage that has essentially unlimited capacity. The system simultaneously receives power from, and communicates data with, the host device using a standard port such as USB or SATA. A microcontroller in the peripheral storage system executes a virtual file system for storing data in a local data store, and a network interface controller (NIC) communicates data to a remote (e.g. cloud) data store whenever a Wi-Fi or cellular network connection is available. Data may be sent and received using checksums and/or encryption. The system and method may analyze data access patterns of the host device to perform adaptive caching. The peripheral storage system may be embodied as an integral part of the host device, or as a separate component having the form of, for example, a USB flash drive.
A system for communicatively coupling a host device to a remote data store, the system comprising:
A method of executing a data access command regarding a given file, by a peripheral storage system attached to a host device, the method comprising:
A tangible, computer-readable storage medium in a peripheral storage system attached to a host device, in which is non-transitorily stored computer program code for performing a method of executing, by the peripheral storage system, a data access command regarding a given file, the method comprising:
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