System and method for storing compressed and uncompressed data on a hard disk drive
US6360300B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2020/1062
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for organizing compressed data and uncompressed data in a storage system. The method and system include a compressor for compressing a data block into a compressed data block, wherein N represents a compression ratio. The storage disk includes a first disk partition having N slots for storing compressed data, and a second disk partition for storing uncompressed data. A portion of the N slots in the first partition include address pointers for pointing to locations in the second disk partition containing the uncompressed data.
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