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Method and system for ordering priority commands on a commodity disk drive

US6301639A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 1999
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0674
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a computer system including a disk controller and a disk drive, the disk controller determines whether to issue a command to the disk drive by considering both a priority level associated with the command, and a pending workload of the disk drive.

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