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Computer system with remotely duplicated and dynamically reconfigurable memory

US5771344A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 1996
Grant dateJun 23, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2082
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

First and second data processing systems located at first and second sites are configured with the first data processing system having a primary memory unit at the first site and a mirror memory unit at the second site with the first and second sites coupled by a single-mode optical fiber. Fiber optic switches at the first and second sites can be reconfigured to coupled the mirror disc to the second data processing system with minimal delay.

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