A technique for enabling a shared storage provider (SSP) to provide shared data storage to a plurality of customers while providing greater privacy and security of each customer's data by implementing a virtual private (VP) addressing scheme is disclosed. The technique also allows a storage networking...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020010790?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020010790 - Architecture and addressing scheme for storage interconnect and emerging storage service providers