Disk drive maintaining multiple logs to expedite boot operation for a host computer
US7900037B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 12, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/445
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A disk drive is disclosed wherein during a first boot operation, first boot data is transmitted from a first plurality of data sectors to a host, and a first log identifying the first plurality of data sectors is maintained. During a second boot operation, second boot data is transmitted from a second plurality of data sectors to the host, and a second log identifying the second plurality of data sectors is maintained. During a third boot operation, data sectors identified by the first and/or second logs are pre-fetched into a cache.
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