(57) ABSTRACT A management capability is provided for a virtual computing platform. In
one example, this platform allows interconnected physical resources such as processors …

(57) ABSTRACT A multi-protocol storage appliance serves file and block pro tocol access to
information stored on storage devices in an integrated manner for both network attached …

(57) ABSTRACT A storage virtualization selection technique “automates'a virtualization
selection process to create virtual disk (Vdisk) storage objects over a volume of a file system …

(57) ABSTRACT A level of abstraction is created betWeen a set of physical processors and a
set of virtual multiprocessors to form a virtualiZed data center. This virtualiZed data center …

BACKGROUND Hierarchical storage management (HSM) systems alloW the managed
storage of data? les among a variety of media such as magnetic hard disks, magneto-optic …

(54) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR W0 WO 99/12098 3/1999 AUTOMATICALLY MERGING
FILES INTO A W0 W0 99/21082 4/1999 SINGLE INSTANCE STORE OTHER …

(57) ABSTRACT A method and System for Storing the data of files having duplicate content,
by maintaining a single instance of the data, and providing logically Separate links to the …

The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing complete electronic
commerce (“E-Commerce”) transactions and solutions for a marketing company's prod ucts …

Chandra, Tushar Deepak, et al.,“On the Impossiblity of Group Mem bership', INRIA,
Research Report No. 2782, Jan. 1996, pp. 1-11.(The corresponding document was …

(57) ABSTRACT A cloning technique enables efficient and Substantially instantaneous
creation of a clone that is a writable copy of a" parent virtual Volume (VVol) in an aggregate …