DE69130799D1 - Verfahren und gerät um den datenfluss zwischen einem rechner und speichervorrichtungen zu steuern - Google Patents

Verfahren und gerät um den datenfluss zwischen einem rechner und speichervorrichtungen zu steuern

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DE69130799D1
DE69130799D1 DE69130799T DE69130799T DE69130799D1 DE 69130799 D1 DE69130799 D1 DE 69130799D1 DE 69130799 T DE69130799 T DE 69130799T DE 69130799 T DE69130799 T DE 69130799T DE 69130799 D1 DE69130799 D1 DE 69130799D1
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David Powers
David Jaffe
Larry Henson
Hoke Johnson
Joseph Glider
Thomas Idleman
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EMC Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F11/2089—Redundant storage control functionality
    • G06F11/2092—Techniques of failing over between control units
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F11/08—Error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation, e.g. by using checking codes
    • G06F11/10—Adding special bits or symbols to the coded information, e.g. parity check, casting out 9's or 11's
    • G06F11/1076—Parity data used in redundant arrays of independent storages, e.g. in RAID systems
    • 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
    • G11B20/1833—Error detection or correction; Testing, e.g. of drop-outs by adding special lists or symbols to the coded information
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F11/0703—Error or fault processing not based on redundancy, i.e. by taking additional measures to deal with the error or fault not making use of redundancy in operation, in hardware, or in data representation
    • G06F11/0751—Error or fault detection not based on redundancy
    • G06F11/0754—Error or fault detection not based on redundancy by exceeding limits
    • G06F11/0757—Error or fault detection not based on redundancy by exceeding limits by exceeding a time limit, i.e. time-out, e.g. watchdogs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR 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
    • G06F11/202—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 processing functionality is redundant
    • G06F11/2023—Failover techniques
    • G06F11/2033—Failover techniques switching over of hardware resources

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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Hardware Redundancy (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
DE69130799T 1990-04-06 1991-04-03 Verfahren und gerät um den datenfluss zwischen einem rechner und speichervorrichtungen zu steuern Expired - Fee Related DE69130799T2 (de)

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US07/506,703 US5212785A (en) 1990-04-06 1990-04-06 Apparatus and method for controlling data flow between a computer and memory devices
PCT/US1991/002314 WO1991017506A1 (en) 1990-04-06 1991-04-03 Apparatus and method for controlling data flow between a computer and memory devices

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EP (1) EP0524247B1 (de)
AU (1) AU7688691A (de)
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US5651110A (en) 1997-07-22
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