Patent ID: 7120742
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage system comprising: a disk array including a plurality of disks; and a controller coupled to the plurality of disks; wherein: the controller comprises a NAS processor, a SAN processor coupled to the NAS processor and a memory coupled to the NAS processor and SAN processor; the NAS processor is configured to convert a file I/O command received from a NAS client computer into a block I/O command and transfer the block I/O command to the SAN processor; the SAN processor is configured to access data stored in the plurality of disks according to a block I/O command received from a SAN client computer or the NAS processor; and the memory stores a command conversion program executed by the NAS processor to convert the file I/O command into the block I/O command, a disk-array control program executed by the SAN processor to access data stored in the plurality of disks according to the block I/O command and a NAS controller management program executed by the SAN processor to control the NAS processor.