An apparatus and method for connecting a plurality of computing devices, e.g. web servers, database servers, etc., to a plurality of storage devices, such as disks, disk arrays, tapes, etc., by using a stream-oriented (circuit oriented) switch that has high throughput, but that requires non-negligible...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7069375?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7069375 - Stream-oriented interconnect for networked computer storage
