US 2023/0401165 A1 · ADAPTIVE INTERFACE STORAGE DEVICE

Abstract

An adaptive interface storage device. In some embodiments, the adaptive interface storage device includes: a rear storage interface connector; an adaptable circuit connected to the rear storage interface connector; a first multiplexer, connected to the adaptable circuit; and a front storage interface connector, connected to the first multiplexer. The adaptive interface storage device may be configured to operate in a first state or in a second state. The adaptive interface storage device may be configured: in the first state, to present a device side storage interface according to a first storage protocol at the front storage interface connector, and in the second state, to present a device side storage interface according to a second storage protocol, different from the first storage protocol, at the front storage interface connector.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A device comprising:

a connector,
the device being configured to operate in a first state or in a second state,
the device being configured:
in the first state, to present a first interface according to a first protocol at the connector, and
in the second state, to present a second interface according to a second protocol, different from the first protocol, at the connector,
wherein the second protocol is NVMe over Fabrics.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/239,042Filed 28 Aug 2023

Priority

9 Mar 2018

Published

14 Dec 2023

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

G06F 3/0607
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management: by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for…
G06F 13/287
Using burst mode transfer, e.g. direct memory access DMA, cycle steal: multiplexed DMA
G06F 3/061
Specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect: improving I/O performance
G06F 3/0655
Making use of a particular technique: vertical data movement, i.e. input-output transfer; data movement between one or more hosts and one or more…

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