Patent ID: 6449607
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A disk storage device, comprising:a disk storage medium; a disk controller for accessing said disk storage medium to read/write data thereon; an interface for connecting said disk controller to a network; object management means for converting a control command containing an object identifier received through said interface into a control command containing physical address information of said disk storage medium and for feeding the thus converted control command to said disk controller; and object management modification means for modifying a function of said object management means in response to a modification request message received through said interface; a management table which defines file organization for each partition defined in said disk storage medium; wherein said object management modification means modifies the file organization defined in said management table in response to said modification request message, and said object management means manages data stored on said disk storage medium according to the file organization defined in said management table.