Patent ID: 7801993
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A storage system comprising: a storage controller, the storage controller configured to communicate with a remotely-located provider of storage capacity via a network, wherein the storage controller is configured to receive an I/O (input/output) command in a block-based protocol specifying a logical block address (LBA), wherein the storage controller is configured to translate the I/O command to an Internet protocol (IP)-supported protocol and forward the translated I/O command to said provider of storage capacity for processing, wherein the storage controller is configured to correlate the LBA in the I/O command with a file name of a file stored by said provider of storage capacity, and wherein the translated I/O command specifies the file name for processing of the I/O command at the provider of storage capacity, and wherein the correlation between the LBA and the file name is accomplished by embedding the LBA as part of the file name.