US Patent:
20090210875, Aug 20, 2009
Inventors:
Benton R. Bolles - Louisville CO, US
Adam John Carter - Broomfield CO, US
Philip J. Duclos - Longmont CO, US
Brent D. Helgeson - Broomfield CO, US
International Classification:
G06F 9/455
Abstract:
A system and method for implementing distributed data storage. In particular, the system includes a plurality of virtualization servers, each of which is associated with available data resources. Each virtualization server supports one or more application virtual machines through a virtualization layer. In addition, a plurality of storage virtual machines is included in the system. Each storage virtual machine is associated with a corresponding and participating virtualization server. A virtual storage pool is included in the system, wherein each storage virtual machine allows the export and aggregation of available data resources within a corresponding virtualization server into the virtual storage pool.