Patent ID: 8296476
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storing method applied to a storage system, wherein the storage system comprises a first Peripheral Component Interconnection Express (PCIE) Input/Output (IO) module, a second PCIE IO module, a first storage device, a second storage device; a first controller, and a second controller, the first controller including a first PCIE switch chip and the second controller including a second PCIE switch chip, wherein the first PCIE switch chip is connected with the first PCIE IO module and the first storage device, the second PCIE switch chip is connected with the second PCIE IO module and the second storage device, the first switch chip is connected with the second switch chip, and the method comprises: receiving, by the first controller, a request message from a server through a first link across the second PCIE IO module, the second PCIE switch chip and the first PCIE switch chip; and accessing, by the first controller, the second storage device according to the request message.