US Patent Issued to NetApp on May 31 for "Multi-Threaded Internet Small Computer System Interface (Iscsi) Socket Layer" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 7,953,878, issued on May 31, was assigned to NetApp Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Multi-Threaded Internet Small Computer System Interface (Iscsi) Socket Layer" was invented by Carlisle Cobb Trimble (Raleigh, N.

C.).

According to the abstract released by the U.

S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein provide a computer system having an operating system that implements a multi-threaded iSCSI socket software layer. The multi-threaded iSCSI socket software layer may operate in conjunction with a single-threaded iSCSI protocol software layer to process network data according to the iSCSI protocol standard. Provided are protections against operational incompatibilities between the multi-threaded iSCSI socket layer and the single-threaded iSCSI protocol layer. A unique identifier may be assigned to each iSCSI socket thread to ensure proper delivery of thread messages to the appropriate iSCSI socket thread. A separate freed list may be allocated for each iSCSI socket thread, wherein the iSCSI protocol thread adds data structures to the freed list and a single iSCSI socket thread removes and uses data structures from the freed list. The multi-threaded iSCSI socket software layer reduces processor idle time, thus increasing data processing efficiency and overall network data throughput."

The patent was filed on Oct. 9, 2007, under Application No. 11/869,365.

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