Patent 6985956 was granted and assigned to Sun Microsystems on January, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Methods and systems consistent with certain aspects related to the present invention provide a digital network having a plurality of data storage elements, at least one client, and a switch element. The switch element may be operable to receive access requests from the client and provide access to data on the storage elements in response to one or more access requests.