CA2030940C - Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units - Google Patents

Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units

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CA2030940C
CA2030940C CA002030940A CA2030940A CA2030940C CA 2030940 C CA2030940 C CA 2030940C CA 002030940 A CA002030940 A CA 002030940A CA 2030940 A CA2030940 A CA 2030940A CA 2030940 C CA2030940 C CA 2030940C
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disk units
disk
protection
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units
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Dennis Roy Martin
Michael James Mcdermott
Stuart Douglas Plumlee
Robert Harry Satin
Robert Lee Wenger
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/08—Addressing or allocation; Relocation in hierarchically structured memory systems, e.g. virtual memory systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
    • G06F11/16—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware
    • G06F11/20—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
    • G06F11/2053—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements where persistent mass storage functionality or persistent mass storage control functionality is redundant
    • G06F11/2056—Error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements where persistent mass storage functionality or persistent mass storage control functionality is redundant by mirroring
    • G06F11/2069—Management of state, configuration or failover
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/008—Reliability or availability analysis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B20/00—Signal processing not specific to the method of recording or reproducing; Circuits therefor
    • G11B20/10—Digital recording or reproducing
    • G11B20/18—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs
    • G11B20/1803—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs by redundancy in data representation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11C—STATIC STORES
    • G11C29/00—Checking stores for correct operation ; Subsequent repair; Testing stores during standby or offline operation
    • G11C29/70—Masking faults in memories by using spares or by reconfiguring
    • G11C29/74—Masking faults in memories by using spares or by reconfiguring using duplex memories, i.e. using dual copies
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/22—Detection or location of defective computer hardware by testing during standby operation or during idle time, e.g. start-up testing
    • G06F11/2257—Detection or location of defective computer hardware by testing during standby operation or during idle time, e.g. start-up testing using expert systems

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Hardware Redundancy (AREA)
  • Storage Device Security (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
CA002030940A 1990-01-24 1990-11-27 Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units Expired - Fee Related CA2030940C (en)

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US07/469,611 1990-01-24
US07/469,611 US5185884A (en) 1990-01-24 1990-01-24 Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units

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CA2030940C true CA2030940C (en) 1995-11-21

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EP (1) EP0441090B1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
JP (1) JPH03226825A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
KR (1) KR940001269B1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
CN (2) CN1031084C (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
AU (1) AU640724B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
BR (1) BR9100319A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
CA (1) CA2030940C (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
DE (1) DE69030951T2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
HK (1) HK1000075A1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
SG (2) SG70107A1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
TW (1) TW216457B (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)

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SG44411A1 (en) 1997-12-19
CA2030940A1 (en) 1991-07-25
CN1031084C (zh) 1996-02-21
EP0441090B1 (en) 1997-06-18
US5185884A (en) 1993-02-09
CN1053695A (zh) 1991-08-07
EP0441090A3 (en) 1993-10-06
JPH058447B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1993-02-02
CN1067779C (zh) 2001-06-27
HK1000075A1 (en) 1997-11-14
KR910014815A (ko) 1991-08-31
CN1090071A (zh) 1994-07-27
SG70107A1 (en) 2000-01-25
JPH03226825A (ja) 1991-10-07
AU6835090A (en) 1991-07-25
TW216457B (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1993-11-21
DE69030951T2 (de) 1998-01-15
US5167032A (en) 1992-11-24
BR9100319A (pt) 1991-10-22
KR940001269B1 (ko) 1994-02-18
AU640724B2 (en) 1993-09-02
DE69030951D1 (de) 1997-07-24
EP0441090A2 (en) 1991-08-14

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