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Apparatus and method for performing a plurality of storage devices

US7814275B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2007
Grant dateOct 12, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0683
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage device batch and parallel processing method adapted for an electronic apparatus, including: (a) connecting a plurality of storage devices to the electronic apparatus; (b) logging device identifiers and disk identifiers of the connected storage devices respectively into a device identifier table and a disk identifier table; (c) obtaining the device identifiers of a predetermined number of the storage devices from the device identifier table and generating a disk table to store the device identifiers of the predetermined number of storage devices; (d) obtaining disk identifiers of the predetermined number of storage devices and recording the disk identifiers to the disk table according to a logging time of each storage device of the predetermined number of storage devices; (e) controlling the storage devices recorded in the disk table performing a data transfer and recursively repeating (c) to (e) until detecting connections between all the storage devices and the electronic apparatus are cutoff.

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