Disk arrays using non-standard sector sizes
US6343343B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for storing and retrieving data in physical sectors which are larger than the sector size presented to the user is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving at least one user sector comprising write data, and writing the user sector to a portion of the physical sector of the storage device. In one embodiment, data is written to the data storage disk using existing data that was read from the storage disk for a RAID parity calculation.
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