Patent ID: 9172586
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A network device interfacing with a computing system, comprising: a processor for generating a single input/output (I/O) command for writing data in response to an I/O request and also writing a tag that is associated with the data; wherein the tag includes a logical object identifier used for writing the data at a storage device and a logical address for a location at the storage device where the data is written; wherein the tag is stored by the network device at a memory device of the network device, while the data is stored at a local caching device, at a storage area network (SAN) storage device or both by the network device; and wherein the network device is an adapter having a storage protocol controller for interfacing with the SAN storage device and a controller for interfacing with the local caching device.