AU8270598A - Method of operating a raid disk array in a hardware-address-independent manner, and disk storage system which performs such method - Google Patents

Method of operating a raid disk array in a hardware-address-independent manner, and disk storage system which performs such method

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AU8270598A
AU8270598A AU82705/98A AU8270598A AU8270598A AU 8270598 A AU8270598 A AU 8270598A AU 82705/98 A AU82705/98 A AU 82705/98A AU 8270598 A AU8270598 A AU 8270598A AU 8270598 A AU8270598 A AU 8270598A
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Christopher B. Legg
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Unisys Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0602—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
    • G06F3/0604—Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
    • G06F3/0607—Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for improving compatibility between host and storage device
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
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    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0638—Organizing or formatting or addressing of data
    • G06F3/064—Management of blocks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0668—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems adopting a particular infrastructure
    • G06F3/0671—In-line storage system
    • G06F3/0683—Plurality of storage devices
    • G06F3/0689—Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD

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AU82705/98A 1997-06-27 1998-06-26 Method of operating a raid disk array in a hardware-address-independent manner, and disk storage system which performs such method Abandoned AU8270598A (en)

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US88460497A 1997-06-27 1997-06-27
US08884604 1997-06-27
PCT/US1998/013423 WO1999000722A1 (en) 1997-06-27 1998-06-26 Method of operating a raid disk array in a hardware-address-independent manner, and disk storage system which performs such method

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AU8270598A true AU8270598A (en) 1999-01-19

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