HK1000075A1 - Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units - Google Patents

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HK1000075A1
HK1000075A1 HK97101603A HK97101603A HK1000075A1 HK 1000075 A1 HK1000075 A1 HK 1000075A1 HK 97101603 A HK97101603 A HK 97101603A HK 97101603 A HK97101603 A HK 97101603A HK 1000075 A1 HK1000075 A1 HK 1000075A1
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Roy Martin Dennis
James Mcdermott Michael
Douglas Plumlee Stuart
Harry Satin Robert
Lee Wenger Robert
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International Business Machines Corporation
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    • 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
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    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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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HK97101603A 1990-01-24 1997-07-23 Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units HK1000075A1 (en)

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

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SG (2) SG44411A1 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html)
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KR910014815A (ko) 1991-08-31
CN1053695A (zh) 1991-08-07
SG70107A1 (en) 2000-01-25
CN1031084C (zh) 1996-02-21
DE69030951D1 (de) 1997-07-24
CN1090071A (zh) 1994-07-27
JPH03226825A (ja) 1991-10-07
BR9100319A (pt) 1991-10-22
EP0441090B1 (en) 1997-06-18
US5185884A (en) 1993-02-09
US5167032A (en) 1992-11-24
KR940001269B1 (ko) 1994-02-18
TW216457B (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1993-11-21
AU6835090A (en) 1991-07-25
SG44411A1 (en) 1997-12-19
EP0441090A3 (en) 1993-10-06
JPH058447B2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1993-02-02
EP0441090A2 (en) 1991-08-14
AU640724B2 (en) 1993-09-02
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CA2030940A1 (en) 1991-07-25
CA2030940C (en) 1995-11-21

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