Patent ID: 6829685
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A system, comprising:one or more storage endnodes; one or more processing unit endnodes coupled to the one or more storage endnodes; at least one host endnode, wherein the one or more storage endnodes and the one or more processing unit endnodes constitute a storage partition, and wherein the at least one host endnode and the one or more processing unit endnodes constitute an access partition; and wherein the partitions are defined by partition key tables assigned to the one or more storage endnodes, the one or more processing unit endnodes, and the at least one host endnode, such that the at least one host endnode accesses the one or more storage endnodes through the one or more processing unit endnodes based on the partitions defined in the partition key tables.