Method apparatus and system for a redundant and fault tolerant solid state disk
US8201020B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 12, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2097
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A redundant and fault tolerant solid state disk (SSD) includes a determination module configured to identify a first solid state disk controller (SSDC) configured to connect to a flash array and a second SSDC configured to connect to the flash array. A capture module is configured to capture a copy of an I/O request received by the first SSDC from a port of a dual port connector, and/or capture a copy of an I/O request received by the second SSDC from a port of the dual port connector, and identify a write I/O request from the I/O request. A detection module is configured to detect a failure in the first SSDC. A management module is configured to manage access to a flash array by the first SSDC and the second SSDC. An error recovery and failover module is configured to automatically reassign work from the first SSDC to the second SSDC.
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