The processor system 700 shown in FIG. 7 includes a Random Access Memory (RAM) 714, Read Only Memory (ROM) 716, and an I/O adapter 718. According to some embodiments, which are in no way intended to limit the invention, I/O adapter 718 may include any of the embodiments described above with reference to I/O adapter 218 of FIG. 2. Referring still to processor system 700 of FIG. 7, the aforementioned components 714, 716, 718 may be used for connecting peripheral devices such as storage subsystem 720 to the bus 712. In some embodiments, storage subsystem 720 may include a similar and/or the same configuration as data storage system 220 of FIG. 2. According to an example, which is in no way intended to limit the invention, storage subsystem 720 may include non-volatile data storage cards, e.g., having Flash memory cards, RAM, ROM, and/or some other known type of non-volatile memory, in addition to RAID controllers as illustrated in FIG. 2.

With continued reference to FIG. 7, a user interface adapter 722 for connecting a keyboard 724, a mouse 726, a speaker 728, a microphone 732, and/or other user interface devices such as a touch screen, a digital camera (not shown), etc., to the bus 712.

Processor system 700 further includes a communication adapter 734 which connects the processor system 700 to a communication network 735 (e.g., a data processing network) and a display adapter 736 which connects the bus 712 to a display device 738.