Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for a network connected storage system
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Application No.: US14621318Application Date: 2015-02-12
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Publication No.: US09621653B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Albert H. Chen , James N. Malina , Benixon Arul Dhas
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; G06F11/14 ; G06F11/20 ; G11B5/012 ; G06F11/30 ; G11B27/32 ; G11B27/36 ; G11B20/10

Abstract:
A Data Storage Device (DSD) includes a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) for storing data, a network interface for communicating on a network, and a processor. According to one aspect, a command is received via the network interface for storing data in the NVM or retrieving data from the NVM. Based on a transport attribute of the command, it is determined whether to execute a file interface for accessing files stored in the NVM or an object interface for accessing data objects stored in the NVM. According to another aspect, computer-executable instructions are received from a device via the network interface and the computer-executable instructions are executed using an off-load interface. The computer-executable instructions cause the processor to transform data stored in the NVM or data received from the network and send the transformed data to another device on the network or store the transformed data in the NVM.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150237139A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A NETWORK CONNECTED STORAGE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-08-20
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