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.

公开(公告)号：US20220283721A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17190285

申请日：2021-03-02

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Robert William DIXON

IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract: The technology disclosed herein provides a system including multiple selectable storage devices in an enclosure communicatively coupled to shared control electronics the shared control electronics including a first controller for selecting a storage device of the multiple selectable storage devices for execution of a device access command, the multiple scalable storage devices including a plurality of NVM storage devices and at least one hard disc drive (HDD) and a first signal path for transmitting a drive selection instruction from a host external to the enclosure to a first controller the first signal path being a PCIe electronic interface configured to communicate with a host, wherein the plurality of NVM storage devices shares a capacitor bank for power loss protection.