Dense server environment that shares an IDE drive
US6848034B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0673
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for sharing an Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) drive among server blades in a dense server environment. By logically partitioning the IDE drive, where each logical partition is associated with a particular server blade, the IDE disk may be shared among multiple server blades in the dense server environment.
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