Patent ID: 8255634
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage controller within a virtualized storage system, the virtualized storage system comprising a virtual volume, the virtual volume comprising a portion of one or more physical storage devices coupled with the storage controller, the controller adapted for processing I/O requests directed to the virtual volume, the controller comprising: a memory for storing meta-data regarding the virtual volume; and an I/O processor, coupled with the memory, operable to receive a first I/O request associated with first meta-data and operable to receive a second I/O request associated with second meta-data, wherein the I/O processor is adapted to identify the first and second meta-data, and to process the first I/O request, the processing of the first I/O request comprising retrieving the identified first meta-data and identified second meta-data, the I/O processor further adapted to process the second I/O request using the previously retrieved second meta-data.