US 11,722,567 B2
Communication paths for storage devices having differing capacities
Par Botes, Atherton, CA (US); John Hayes, Mountain View, CA (US); and Zhangxi Tan, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Pure Storage, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,192.
Application 17/548,192 is a continuation of application No. 16/888,153, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 11,240,307.
Application 16/888,153 is a continuation of application No. 16/241,320, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,693,964, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 16/241,320 is a continuation of application No. 14/683,083, filed on Apr. 9, 2015, granted, now 10,178,169, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103632 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 49/15 (2022.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 67/1097 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0661 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); H04L 49/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage system, comprising:
a plurality of storage nodes, at least one of the plurality of storage nodes having non-volatile memory with differing capacities;
a first communication path coupling the plurality of storage nodes; and
a second communication path coupled to the non-volatile memory of each of the plurality of storage nodes such that the non-volatile memory of a first one of the plurality of storage nodes configured to initiate a command to the non-volatile memory of a second one of the plurality of storage nodes via the second communication path.