HOST BUS ADAPTER

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
DRAGONFLY	Marvell World Trade Ltd.	L'Horizon, Gunsite Road, Brittons Hill St. Michael BB14027 Barbados	Host bus adapter;DRAGON FLY;
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Technical Examples

Accessing some storage-area networks (SANs) requires a client computer to include a special electronic component, known as a host bus adapter (HBA). However, the present inventor recognized that conventional host bus adapters add considerable expense to the cost of accessing the storage-area network. Accordingly, the present inventor devised a host bus adapter that is implemented in software and thus referred to as a "virtual" host bus adapter. One exemplary embodiment of the virtual host bus adapter includes a hardware-emulation module that makes the virtual host bus adapter appear to operating system environments as a conventional host bust adapter with dedicated hardware.