SG101492A1 - Method and apparatus for performing drive-based updates to disk array controllers - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for performing drive-based updates to disk array controllers

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Publication number
SG101492A1
SG101492A1 SG200106368A SG200106368A SG101492A1 SG 101492 A1 SG101492 A1 SG 101492A1 SG 200106368 A SG200106368 A SG 200106368A SG 200106368 A SG200106368 A SG 200106368A SG 101492 A1 SG101492 A1 SG 101492A1
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Singapore
Prior art keywords
disk array
performing drive
array controllers
based updates
updates
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SG200106368A
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S Otterness Noel
Gerard Skazinski Joseph
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0668—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems adopting a particular infrastructure
    • G06F3/0671—In-line storage system
    • G06F3/0683—Plurality of storage devices
    • G06F3/0689—Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD
    • 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
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/30—Monitoring
    • G06F11/3003—Monitoring arrangements specially adapted to the computing system or computing system component being monitored
    • G06F11/3034—Monitoring arrangements specially adapted to the computing system or computing system component being monitored where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/06—Digital input from, or digital output to, record carriers, e.g. RAID, emulated record carriers or networked record carriers
    • G06F3/0601—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems
    • G06F3/0628—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems making use of a particular technique
    • G06F3/0653—Monitoring storage devices or systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F8/00—Arrangements for software engineering
    • G06F8/60—Software deployment
    • G06F8/65—Updates
    • G06F8/66—Updates of program code stored in read-only memory [ROM]

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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Debugging And Monitoring (AREA)
  • Stored Programmes (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
SG200106368A 2000-10-23 2001-10-17 Method and apparatus for performing drive-based updates to disk array controllers SG101492A1 (en)

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