E8 Storage Systems Assigned Patent
Storage in multi-queue storage devices using queue multiplexing and access control
By Francis Pelletier | August 6, 2018 at 2:27 pmE8 Storage Systems Ltd, Ramat-Gan, Israel, has been assigned a patent (10,031,872) developed by Friedman, Alex, Hadera, Israel, for a “storage in multi-queue storage devices using queue multiplexing and access control.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for data storage includes, in a system that includes multiple servers, multiple multi-queue storage devices and at least one storage controller that communicate over a network, running, in a server among the servers, multiple data-path instances, (DPs) that operate independently of one another and issue storage commands for execution in the multi-queue storage devices. The storage commands, issued by the multiple DPs running in the server, are multiplexed using an Input-Output Multiplexer, (I/O MUX) process. The multiplexed storage commands are executed in the multi-queue storage devices.”
The patent application was filed on December 20, 2017 (15/847,992).