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Task management for data accesses to multiple logical partitions on physical disk drives in computer systems

US6256704A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1993
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0689
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method (and apparatus) for optimizing disk access operations which span multiple logical disk partitions and multiple disk drives. The disclosed method makes optimum use of concurrency in the software without causing poor performance due to contention for seeks in a disk drive.

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