Method of and portable apparatus for determining and utilizing timing parameters for direct duplication of hard disk drives
US6131141A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0676
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for duplicating direct access storage devices (DASDs) such as hard disk drives (HDDs). The apparatus includes a portable HDD duplicator which can be connected to an existing personal computer (PC), and perform fast data duplication directly from a source HDD to a multiplicity of target HDDs simultaneously. The method includes the steps of providing direct data paths between the source HDD and the target HDDs and performing high speed data duplication and comparison functions by reading the source HDD and writing to the target HDDs at the same time.
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