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Data processing method and apparatus for enabling independent access to replicated data

US6401178B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1999
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1469
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data storage facility that allows data on a standard device to be replicated to other storage devices for independent and concurrent access. The standard device includes first and second tables for monitoring the operation of the standard device. The other storage device that receive the copies have tables that identify their status. The system utilizes these tables in various combinations to enable multiple copies to be altered and updated.

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