Patent · US Expired

Data storage system for providing redundant copies of data on different disk drives

US5155845A · kind A · utility

379Cited by
11References
71Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1990
Grant dateOct 13, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2079
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk storage system that writes multiple copies of records directed to user-specified volumes. A plurality of spaced apart control units interconnected by direct data links and a corresponding plurality of sets of recording means communicate over the direct data links when a write request is received by one control unit to cause one volume in each set of recording means to write a copy of the received record.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.