公开(公告)号：US20230244613A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US17587285

申请日：2022-01-28

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Marc Timothy JONES ,  Jason Wayne KINSEY ,  Benjamin James SCOTT ,  Robert William DIXON

IPC: G06F13/16 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F13/40 ,  G06F12/02

CPC classification number: G06F13/1668 ,  G06F13/28 ,  G06F13/4221 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F12/0253

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein pertains to a system and method for scaling storage using peer-to-peer NVMe communication, the method including selecting one of a plurality of NVMe devices as principal device to control communication with a host via a PCI switch, designating remainder of the plurality of NVMe devices as subordinate devices, and controlling the communication between the host and the subordinate devices using a PCI P2P DMA between the principal device and the subordinate devices.