System and method for reducing disk chatter from disk-based data storage systems
US6532517B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 13, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention involves storing data on a storage medium without fragmentation. A data conveyance system configures data for delivery to a data storage system and associates a storage instruction with the data. The storage instruction instructs the data storage system to store the data without fragmentation. The data conveyance system then conveys the data and the storage instruction to the data storage system. The data storage system receives the conveyance and a controller reads the storage instruction. The controller stores the data in contiguous storage locations on the storage medium in accordance with the storage instruction. If the storage medium is a disk, the data conveyance system may configure the data for delivery to the data storage system by generating a filesystem and combining the data and the filesystem to form a partition file. The data conveyance system then associates the storage instruction with the partition file and conveys the storage instruction and partition file to the data storage system. The data storage system controller formats the storage disk to include a new disk partition and stores the partition file in the new disk partition. Alternatively, the c…
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