Patent ID: 6697367
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method executed on a first data storage device for processing a data operation request comprising:determining whether a data operation request is one of a remote system call for a data operation to be performed by a target data storage device directly connected to said first data storage device, and a multihop system call; in response to determining that said data operation is a multihop system call, removing a first portion of data associated with said data operation request, wherein said first portion is not removed if said data operation request is a remote system call; and in response to determining that said data operation is a multihop system call, forwarding a second portion of said data associated with said data operation request to a second data storage device, wherein said second data storage device interprets said second portion and further determines if said second portion is a data operation request for a multihop system call.