Abstract: A computing method includes specifying a virtual computer system including at least one virtual or physical compute node, which produces data packets having respective source attributes. At least one Virtual Input-Output Connection (VIOC) that is uniquely associated with the values of the source attributes is defined. A policy specifying an operation to be performed with regard to the VIOC is defined. The virtual computer system is implemented on a physical computer system, which includes at least one physical packet switching element. The physical packet switching element is configured to identify the data packets whose source attributes have the values that are associated with the VIOC and to perform the operation on the identified data packets, so as to enforce the policy on the VIOC.

Abstract: Device, system, and method of accessing storage. For example, a server includes: a Solid-State Drive (SSD) to store data; a memory mapper to map at least a portion of a storage space of the SSD into a memory space of the server; and a network adapter to receive a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) read command incoming from a client device, to map one or more parameters of the SCSI read command into an area of the memory space of the server from which data is requested to be read by the client device, said area corresponding to a storage area of the SSD, and to issue a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) write command to copy data directly to the client device from said area of the memory space corresponding to the SSD.

Abstract: A method for computing includes specifying a data processing system using a logical system definition, which defines logical system components having respective functionalities and a topology for interconnecting the logical system components. The logical system components are represented using respective logical objects in a hierarchical object model. Physical resources of a grid computer system are represented using physical objects in the hierarchical object model. The logical objects are automatically mapped to at least some of the physical objects, so as to allocate the physical resources to carry out the respective functionalities of the logical system components. The allocated physical resources are configured and activated so as to cause the grid computer system to function as the data processing system, in accordance with the logical system definition.

Abstract: In some embodiments of the present invention, a system includes one or more server computers having multi-channel reliable network hardware and a proxy. The proxy is able to receive packet-oriented traffic from a client computer, to convert a session of the packet-oriented traffic into transactions, and to send the transactions to one of the server computers. The transactions include remote direct memory access messages.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system that enables filtered application-to-application communication in a server farm in a multi-channel reliable hardware environment (e.g. InfiniBand). The system may also improve the performance of application-to-application communication between servers in the farm. The implementation of multi-channel reliable communication hardware may reduce the number of communication software layers above.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system that enables filtered application-to-application communication in a server farm in a multi-channel reliable hardware environment (e.g. InfiniBand). The system may also improve the performance of application-to-application communication between servers in the farm. The implementation of multi-channel reliable communication hardware may reduce the number of communication software layers above.

Abstract: In some embodiments of the present invention, a system includes one or more server computers having multi-channel reliable network hardware and a proxy. The proxy is able to receive packet-oriented traffic from a client computer, to convert a session of the packet-oriented traffic into transactions, and to send the transactions to one of the server computers. The transactions include remote direct memory access messages.