External storage unit comprising active and inactive storage wherein data is stored in an active storage if in use and archived to an inactive storage when not accessed in predetermined time by the host processor
US5584008A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An external storage system connected to a host apparatus includes a plurality of storage devices, and a control unit for controlling the above described plurality of storage devices, wherein the above described control unit manages a storage space formed by the above described plurality of storage devices by dividing the storage space into a first storage pool to be directly accessed by the above described host apparatus and a second storage pool not to be directly accessed by the above described host apparatus.
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