Patent ID: 8671258
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a first I/O interface enabled to receive first storage protocol commands; a second I/O interface enabled to output second storage protocol commands; a conversion unit enabled to convert at least some of the received first storage protocol commands into the second storage protocol commands; wherein a first storage protocol de-allocation command of the first storage protocol commands is received in a first format by the first I/O interface and is converted and output in a second format as a second storage protocol de-allocation command of the second storage protocol commands; wherein the first storage protocol commands are compatible with SCSI protocol commands and the second storage protocol commands are compatible with ATA protocol commands; and wherein the first storage protocol de-allocation command is a SCSI UNMAP command and the second storage protocol de-allocation command is an ATA data set management command.