HK1045575B - Scalable file server with highly available pairs - Google Patents

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HK1045575B
HK1045575B HK02106857.7A HK02106857A HK1045575B HK 1045575 B HK1045575 B HK 1045575B HK 02106857 A HK02106857 A HK 02106857A HK 1045575 B HK1045575 B HK 1045575B
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Steven Robert Kleiman
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Network Appliance, Inc.
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    • 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
    • G06F11/2089—Redundant storage control functionality
    • 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
    • G06F11/2002—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
    • 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
    • G06F11/2097—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 maintaining the standby controller/processing unit updated

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US15045399P 1999-08-24 1999-08-24
US09/383,340 1999-08-25
US09/383,340 US6961749B1 (en) 1999-08-25 1999-08-25 Scalable file server with highly available pairs
PCT/US2000/023349 WO2001014991A2 (en) 1999-08-24 2000-08-24 Scalable file server with highly available pairs

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HK1045575B true HK1045575B (en) 2006-11-10

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JP (1) JP2003507818A (enExample)
AU (1) AU7470700A (enExample)
DE (1) DE60028793T2 (enExample)
HK (1) HK1045575B (enExample)
WO (1) WO2001014991A2 (enExample)

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JP2003507818A (ja) 2003-02-25
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WO2001014991A2 (en) 2001-03-01
DE60028793T2 (de) 2007-05-24
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