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System and method for fault tolerant controller for network RAID

US7318119B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2004
Grant dateJan 8, 2008
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2089
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A fault-tolerant and efficient way of deducing a set of inconsistent stripes for a network RAID protocol, wherein clients forward input/output (I/O) to a particular controller device called the coordinator, which executes RAID logic and which sends out device IOs to the relevant storage devices. If the coordinator fails then a new coordinator reconstructs its state from the storage devices.

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