US 12,001,379 B2
Differentiated storage services in ethernet SSD
Ramdas P. Kachare, Cupertino, CA (US); Dong Gi Lee, Yongin (KR); Ajay Sundar Raj, San Jose, CA (US); and Fred Worley, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/092,088.
Application 18/092,088 is a continuation of application No. 17/134,094, filed on Dec. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,544,212.
Application 17/134,094 is a continuation of application No. 15/878,388, filed on Jan. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,884,975, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/593,189, filed on Nov. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144432 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 15/17331 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing storage services comprising:
receiving, at a memory drive, an input/output (I/O) service request for performing I/O between the memory drive and a host, from the host, wherein the I/O service request comprises a quality of service requirement;
selecting a network path based on the quality of service requirement; and
initiating, by the memory drive, a storage traffic stream via the network path to connect the host to the memory drive according to the quality of service requirement in the I/O service request,
wherein the memory drive is configured to receive the I/O service request from the host and configured to initiate the storage traffic stream to connect the host to the memory drive using a first connection.