Patent ID: 8612678

Claim:
A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions for execution by a general purpose computer to create logical storage devices for a redundant array of inexpensive devices (RAID) group, the set of instructions comprising: a first creating code segment for creating at least one logical storage device, each logical storage device including two or more physical storage devices, such that said two or more physical storage devices are presented as a single logical storage device to a RAID controller, wherein a storage device driver determines which of said two or more physical storage devices belongs to the logical storage device, and determines which of said two or more physical storage devices is to receive a command sent by the RAID controller intended for the logical storage device such that the storage device driver virtualizes said two or more physical storage devices as one logical storage device to the RAID controller; and a second creating code segment for creating at least one RAID group, each RAID group including at least a portion of each of the at least one logical storage device.