SG73529A1 - System and method for utilizing a ram disk - Google Patents

System and method for utilizing a ram disk

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Publication number
SG73529A1
SG73529A1 SG1998001780A SG1998001780A SG73529A1 SG 73529 A1 SG73529 A1 SG 73529A1 SG 1998001780 A SG1998001780 A SG 1998001780A SG 1998001780 A SG1998001780 A SG 1998001780A SG 73529 A1 SG73529 A1 SG 73529A1
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Singapore
Prior art keywords
utilizing
ram disk
ram
disk
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Application number
SG1998001780A
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English (en)
Inventor
Alan E Beelitz
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Dell Usa Lp
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Publication of SG73529A1 publication Critical patent/SG73529A1/en

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    • 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
    • G06F3/0602—Interfaces specially adapted for storage systems specifically adapted to achieve a particular effect
    • G06F3/0604—Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
    • G06F3/0607—Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for improving compatibility between host and storage device
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    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
    • G06F9/50—Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
    • G06F9/5061—Partitioning or combining of resources
    • G06F9/5077—Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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    • 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
    • G06F3/0629—Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems
    • G06F3/0631—Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems by allocating resources to storage systems
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    • 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
    • G06F3/0629—Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems
    • G06F3/0632—Configuration or reconfiguration of storage systems by initialisation or re-initialisation of storage systems
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    • 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
    • G06F3/0638—Organizing or formatting or addressing of data
    • G06F3/0644—Management of space entities, e.g. partitions, extents, pools
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    • 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
    • G06F3/0673—Single storage device
    • G06F3/0674—Disk device

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Stored Programmes (AREA)
  • Hardware Redundancy (AREA)
  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
SG1998001780A 1997-10-15 1998-07-14 System and method for utilizing a ram disk SG73529A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US08/951,137 US6032223A (en) 1997-10-15 1997-10-15 System and method for determining a RAM disk logical drive designation

Publications (1)

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SG73529A1 true SG73529A1 (en) 2000-06-20

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US (1) US6032223A (zh)
JP (1) JPH11175378A (zh)
KR (1) KR19990036596A (zh)
CN (1) CN1215864A (zh)
AU (1) AU8088598A (zh)
BR (1) BR9803152A (zh)
DE (1) DE19847201A1 (zh)
FR (1) FR2772159A1 (zh)
GB (1) GB2331603A (zh)
IE (1) IE980559A1 (zh)
IT (1) IT1303133B1 (zh)
SG (1) SG73529A1 (zh)
TW (1) TW388010B (zh)

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IE980559A1 (en) 1999-04-21
JPH11175378A (ja) 1999-07-02
ITTO980867A1 (it) 2000-04-12
TW388010B (en) 2000-04-21
BR9803152A (pt) 2002-07-09
CN1215864A (zh) 1999-05-05
GB2331603A (en) 1999-05-26
KR19990036596A (ko) 1999-05-25
FR2772159A1 (fr) 1999-06-04
US6032223A (en) 2000-02-29
IT1303133B1 (it) 2000-10-30
GB9821553D0 (en) 1998-11-25
AU8088598A (en) 1999-05-06
DE19847201A1 (de) 1999-04-22

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