Patent ID: 7272640

Claim:
A data storage system that provides a single system interface for at least two data storage devices, wherein the data storage system communicates with at least one client device via a stateful protocol and wherein the data storage system redirects data requests received from the at least one client device to the at least two data storage devices, the data storage system comprising: a first data storage device of the at least two storage devices; a second data storage device of the at least two storage devices; and a dynamic session redirector in communication with the at least one client device via a stateful protocol, wherein the redirector is configured to act as the single system interface and establish at least a first stateful protocol session with the at least one client device in response to a request for access to at least one of the first data storage device or the second data storage device, and wherein subsequent to and in response to the establishment of the first stateful protocol session the dynamic session redirector is further configured to establish at least a second session with at least one of the first and second storage devices.