Raid system using I/O buffer segment to temporary store striped and parity data and connecting all disk drives via a single time multiplexed network
US5862313A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for implementing a serial RAID system. Data is striped for the array of disk drives and parity for the striped data is calculated and the resulting data and is written serially to a RAID system over a Fibre Channel or other type of network. The system also allows reading of the striped data and parity serially from the disk array.
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