US 12,010,170 B2
Methods and apparatus for peer-to-peer data channels for storage devices
Ramdas P. Kachare, Pleasanton, CA (US); Sompong Paul Olarig, Pleasanton, CA (US); and Matthew Shaun Bryson, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,969.
Application 17/728,969 is a continuation of application No. 16/885,249, filed on May 27, 2020, granted, now 11,316,917.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/985,312, filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0255991 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H04L 41/0813 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 47/10 (2022.01); H04L 67/104 (2022.01); H04L 67/1042 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1042 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0646 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 47/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
transferring data between a host and a first storage device using a first connection;
transferring data between the host and a second storage device using a second connection; and
transferring, based on a performance parameter that is based on a bandwidth of at least one of the first connection, the second connection, or a third connection, data between the first storage device and the second storage device using the third connection;
wherein a determination to transfer the data, based on the performance parameter, is controlled, at least in part, by logic at the first storage device.