MASS STORAGE SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED USAGE OF BUFFER CAPACITY

摘要

The present invention relates to a mass storage system (1) with improved usage of buffer capacity, and more specifically to a mass storage system (1) for real-time data storage with an embedded controller (2). According to the invention, the mass storage system (1) has a first data path between a real-time data interface (3) and a mass storage array (10), the first data path including a data buffer (7) without access latency, and a second data path between an embedded processor (2) and the mass storage array (10), wherein the data buffer (7) without access latency is also used as a data buffer for non real-time data transfers between the embedded processor (2) and the mass storage array (10).