Dynamic and consistent naming of fabric attached storage by a file system on a compute node storing information mapping API system I/O calls for data objects with a globally unique identification

Patent 6148349 Issued on November 14, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 6, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

NCR Corporation

Application

No. 019933 filed on 02/06/1998

US Classes:

710/33, Data transfer specifying709/214, Plural shared memories710/74, For data storage device714/44Peripheral device component fault

Examiners

Primary: Lee, Thomas C.
Assistant: Park, Ilwoo

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Gates & Cooper

International Class

G06F 013/12

Abstract

The present invention describes a parallel processing system. The system comprises a plurality of compute nodes for executing applications via a storage application interface having system input/output calls, a plurality of I/O nodes, and a file system implemented in the compute node, for storing information mapping API system input/output calls for the data object with the globally unique identification for the data object. Each I/O node manages a communicatively coupled plurality of storage resources and each has a means for generating a globally unique identification for a data object stored on the storage resource and transmits the globally unique identification and the data object to the compute node via at least one interconnecting fabric providing communication between any of the compute node and any of the I/O nodes.