METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN STORAGE AREA NETWORKS

Methods and devices are provided for efficient transmission of data between storage area networks. According to some aspects of the invention, novel methods are provided for processing data packets sent by, or received from, a storage area network. Some such aspects of the invention involve storing...

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Main Authors MEHTA NEELIMA, KRISHNAMOORTHY PAGS, IVATURI DEVI PRASAD, KOLLI MADHURI, GOLSHAN ALI, JANAKIRAMAN VENKATESH
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.08.2011
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:Methods and devices are provided for efficient transmission of data between storage area networks. According to some aspects of the invention, novel methods are provided for processing data packets sent by, or received from, a storage area network. Some such aspects of the invention involve storing a packet (or a portion of a packet) in a single memory location during an encapsulation or de-encapsulation process. Instead of repeatedly copying the packet during processing, pointer information is passed along that indicates the single memory location. In some aspects of the invention, the segment boundaries of a packet are retained after data transmission. If data in the packet need to be re-transmitted, the packet is re-transmitted with the same segment boundaries.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113101961