GB2416912B - Disk array system and interface converter - Google Patents

Disk array system and interface converter

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Publication number
GB2416912B
GB2416912B GB0522162A GB0522162A GB2416912B GB 2416912 B GB2416912 B GB 2416912B GB 0522162 A GB0522162 A GB 0522162A GB 0522162 A GB0522162 A GB 0522162A GB 2416912 B GB2416912 B GB 2416912B
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disk array
array system
interface converter
converter
interface
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Ikuya Yagisawa
Yutaka Nakagawa
Azuma Kano
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Hitachi Ltd
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Hitachi Ltd
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2003417521A JP4317436B2 (en) 2003-12-16 2003-12-16 Disk array system and interface conversion device
GB0412679A GB2409329B (en) 2003-12-16 2004-06-07 Disk array system and interface converter

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GB2416912A GB2416912A (en) 2006-02-08
GB2416912B true GB2416912B (en) 2007-03-21
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US20020069377A1 (en) * 1998-03-10 2002-06-06 Atsushi Mabuchi Control device and control method for a disk array
US6434711B1 (en) * 1998-06-12 2002-08-13 Nec Corporation Disk array apparatus that avoids premature declarations of faults
US6442711B1 (en) * 1998-06-02 2002-08-27 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba System and method for avoiding storage failures in a storage array system
WO2003052592A1 (en) * 2001-12-14 2003-06-26 I/O Integrity, Inc. In-band storage management
US20030135577A1 (en) * 2001-12-19 2003-07-17 Weber Bret S. Dual porting serial ATA disk drives for fault tolerant applications
EP1486863A1 (en) * 2003-05-22 2004-12-15 Hitachi, Ltd. Disk array apparatus and method for controlling the same
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US5872906A (en) * 1993-10-14 1999-02-16 Fujitsu Limited Method and apparatus for taking countermeasure for failure of disk array
US5812754A (en) * 1996-09-18 1998-09-22 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Raid system with fibre channel arbitrated loop
JPH1195933A (en) * 1997-09-19 1999-04-09 Hitachi Ltd Disk array system
US6301625B1 (en) * 1997-11-14 2001-10-09 3Ware, Inc. System and method for processing and tracking the completion of I/O requests in a disk array system
US20020069377A1 (en) * 1998-03-10 2002-06-06 Atsushi Mabuchi Control device and control method for a disk array
US6442711B1 (en) * 1998-06-02 2002-08-27 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba System and method for avoiding storage failures in a storage array system
US6434711B1 (en) * 1998-06-12 2002-08-13 Nec Corporation Disk array apparatus that avoids premature declarations of faults
JP2001356880A (en) * 2000-06-14 2001-12-26 Toshiba Tec Corp Data write/read device for hard disk drive
EP1191431A2 (en) * 2000-09-20 2002-03-27 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Data storage array apparatus and method of operation
US20020062387A1 (en) * 2000-10-30 2002-05-23 Michael Yatziv Interface emulation for storage devices
WO2003052592A1 (en) * 2001-12-14 2003-06-26 I/O Integrity, Inc. In-band storage management
US20030135577A1 (en) * 2001-12-19 2003-07-17 Weber Bret S. Dual porting serial ATA disk drives for fault tolerant applications
EP1584022A2 (en) * 2003-01-13 2005-10-12 Sierra Logic, Inc. Integrated-circuit implementation of a storage-shelf router and a path controller card for combined use in high-availability mass-storage-device shelves that may be incorporated within disk arrays
EP1486863A1 (en) * 2003-05-22 2004-12-15 Hitachi, Ltd. Disk array apparatus and method for controlling the same

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