Multi-protocol IO infrastructure for a flexible storage platform

A flexible storage system. A storage motherboard accommodates, on a suitable connector, a storage adapter circuit that provides protocol translation between a host bus interface and a storage interface, and that provides routing, to accommodate a plurality of mass storage devices that may be connect...

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Hauptverfasser: Ping, Zhan, Krishnan, Sreenivas, Worley, Fred, Scriber, Michael, Rogers, Harry
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A flexible storage system. A storage motherboard accommodates, on a suitable connector, a storage adapter circuit that provides protocol translation between a host bus interface and a storage interface, and that provides routing, to accommodate a plurality of mass storage devices that may be connected to the storage adapter circuit through the storage motherboard. The storage adapter circuit may be replaced with a circuit supporting a different host interface or a different storage interface.