Patent ID: 7769948
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing a physical storage-device array comprising a plurality of storage devices, the method comprising: selecting a first profile and a second profile from among two or more profiles concurrently defining two or more virtual arrays, each profile defining (i) a different virtual array associated with a corresponding set of storage devices and (ii) a parameter set of one or more parameters used for accessing the virtual array; while both the first profile and the second profile remain selected, obtaining at least one first parameter from the first profile; while both the first profile and the second profile remain selected, generating an instruction, based on the at least one first parameter, for accessing information of the virtual array defined by the first profile; while both the first profile and the second profile remain selected, obtaining at least one second parameter from the second profile; and while both the first profile and the second profile remain selected, generating an instruction, based on the at least one second parameter, for accessing information of the virtual array defined by the second profile.