Patent ID: 7865596
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of allocating resources associated with a storage system, the method comprising: providing, a switch element comprising specifying, with the switching element, a first specified set of network connections from the storage system to one or more networks; specifying, with the switching element, a specified first set of storage resources within the storage system, each of the first set of specified storage resources being referenced by a physical address; and associating, with the switching element, the specified first set of network connections and the specified first set of storage resources to define a first secure virtual storage domain (SVSD), the associating including: configuring, with the switching element, a network layer to forward requests from the specified first set of network connections only to the specified first set of storage resources based on the request processing load of each of the specified first set of storage resources; and configuring the specified first set of storage resources to accept requests only from the specified first set of specified network connections; assigning a network address to each of the specified first set of storage resources; and mapping, with the switching element, from each of the network addresses to each of the physical addresses so that each of the storage resources can be referenced by the network address.