Abstract: A technique for enabling a shared storage provider (SSP) to provide shared data storage to a plurality of customers while providing greater privacy and security of each customer's data by implementing a virtual private (VP) addressing scheme is disclosed. The technique also allows a storage networking service carrier to provide connectivity between a plurality of customer storage networking sites, keeping each customer separate from each other. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by network architecture and a scheme to separate and virtualize storage traffic and stored data on a shared infrastructure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 19, 2005
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited
Inventors:
Donald R. Ellis, Don Cawthorne, Silvo J. Frank, Sylvain Demargerie, Chris Murton, Silvana Romagnino, R. Bruce Wallace