Patent · US Active

Storage system

US8707090B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2011
Grant dateApr 22, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1076
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a storage system which supports a redundant disk configuration, while securing fault tolerance, a longer drive access time as well as a drop in I/O throughput are prevented when a redundant data update, generated due to a data update, is mirrored in the drive.A controller for controlling data I/O to and from the drive updates first redundant data and block data of a corresponding data stripe in the disk drive in correspondence with an update of block data of the logical volume, and the controller updates second redundant data on the basis of a predetermined number of block data which belong to the same data stripe as the updated block data with different timing from the update of the block data.

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