System and method for improving the performance of operations requiring parity reads in a storage array system
US7529970B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2211/1054
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for improving a performance of a write process in an exemplary RAID system reduces a number of IOs required for a short write in a RAID algorithm by using a replicated-parity drive. Parity is stored on the parity portion of the disk drives. A replicated-parity drive comprises all the parity information. Parity information for each parity drive is co-located or mirrored on the replicated-parity portion of the disk drives for fast access during a read portion of the read-modify-write process. Consequently, the system accesses parity data with one seek, as opposed to P seeks in a conventional disk array system utilizing P parity drives.
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