Patent ID: 6944690
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A storage system for handling input/output (I/O) requests from a plurality of processors, comprising: a storage media including a plurality of disk units; a first interface adaptor to be coupled to a first processor of the processor; and a second interface adaptor to be coupled to a second processor of the processor, wherein the first interface adaptor is configured to receive a first block I/O request from the first processor, and determine a first logical volume to be accessed by the first processor based on the first block I/O request, the first logical volume being mapped to a first portion of the storage media, wherein the second interface adaptor is configured to receive a file I/O request from the second processor, and convert the file I/O request to a second block I/O request.