Method and system for efficiently accessing a storage redundancy group
US7596712B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2089
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system for efficiently accessing a pool of mass storage devices are described. In one embodiment of the invention, a primary storage server and a secondary storage server share a pool of mass storage devices. The secondary storage server is configured to provide read-only access to the storage pool of mass storage devices, while the primary storage server is configured to provide read and write access to the pool of mass storage devices.
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