Patent ID: 7353305

Claim:
A storage processing device for use in a switched fabric, the switched fabric including at least one switch and the storage processing device, with the storage processing device coupled to the at least one switch, with at least two storage units and at least one host connected to and coupled through the switched fabric where the at least one host and at least two storage units may be directly connected to the storage processing device or may be coupled through the at least one switch, the storage device to virtualize a storage unit and to do migration of data between first and second storage units whether the at least one host and at least two storage devices are directly connected to the storage processing device or are coupled through the at least one switch, the storage processing device comprising: an input/output module including processors to receive, operate on and transmit network traffic, and a control module coupled to said input/output module, said input/output module and said control module being configured to interactively perform data virtualization and migration.