DE69629444D1 - Datenverarbeitungsgerät und Verfahren zur Ersetzung von ausgefallenen Speichereinheiten - Google Patents

Datenverarbeitungsgerät und Verfahren zur Ersetzung von ausgefallenen Speichereinheiten

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DE69629444D1
DE69629444D1 DE69629444T DE69629444T DE69629444D1 DE 69629444 D1 DE69629444 D1 DE 69629444D1 DE 69629444 T DE69629444 T DE 69629444T DE 69629444 T DE69629444 T DE 69629444T DE 69629444 D1 DE69629444 D1 DE 69629444D1
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data processing
processing device
storage units
failed storage
replacing failed
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Rodney A Dekoning
Gerald J Fredin
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LSI Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/16—Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
    • 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
    • G06F11/2094—Redundant storage or storage space
    • 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
    • G06F11/2002—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 interconnections or communication control functionality are redundant
    • G06F11/2007—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 interconnections or communication control functionality are redundant using redundant communication media
    • G06F11/201—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 interconnections or communication control functionality are redundant using redundant communication media between storage system components
    • 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

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  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
  • Hardware Redundancy (AREA)
DE69629444T 1995-12-22 1996-12-17 Datenverarbeitungsgerät und Verfahren zur Ersetzung von ausgefallenen Speichereinheiten Expired - Lifetime DE69629444T2 (de)

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US08/577,311 US5941994A (en) 1995-12-22 1995-12-22 Technique for sharing hot spare drives among multiple subsystems
US577311 1995-12-22

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US (1) US5941994A (de)
EP (1) EP0780765B1 (de)
JP (1) JPH09231013A (de)
KR (1) KR100288020B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69629444T2 (de)

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US5941994A (en) 1999-08-24
EP0780765A2 (de) 1997-06-25
KR100288020B1 (ko) 2001-05-02
KR970049731A (ko) 1997-07-29
JPH09231013A (ja) 1997-09-05
DE69629444T2 (de) 2004-04-15
EP0780765A3 (de) 1999-12-22

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