Patent ID: 11966612
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A storage apparatus comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) for data storing; and
a source network interface card coupled to the CPU and comprising:
a first controller configured to:
receive a first migration instruction comprising a first address, wherein the first address is of data in a source storage drive of a source storage;
send, to the source storage drive, a read instruction comprising the first address;
allocate an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a target storage drive or a target network interface card when a connection is established between a target storage and the source storage;
determine the target network interface card based on the IP address; and
send, to the target network interface card of the target storage and after determining the target network interface card, a second migration instruction comprising a second address,
wherein the second address is in the target storage drive in the target storage and is where the data are to be migrated, and
wherein the second migration instruction instructs the target network interface card to migrate the data from the source storage drive to the target storage drive.