发明名称 |
Storage system utilizing an active subset of drives during data storage and retrieval operations |
摘要 |
A storage system (14) that stores data from a host system (12) includes a plurality of disk drives (30), and a controller (32) that controls the disk drives (30). At least one of the disk drives (30) is in a stand-by mode and one of the disk drives (30) is in a write/read mode at approximately the same time. In one embodiment, the controller (32) directs data to a first subset (500) of disk drives (30) and a second subset (502) of disk drives (30) simultaneously. In this embodiment, at least one of the subsets (500)(502) can include five disk drives (30). Further, during a data transfer, one third of the disk drives (30) can be in the write/read mode while two-thirds of the disk drives (30) are in the stand-by mode.
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申请公布号 |
EP1336921(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.08.20 |
申请号 |
EP20030250736 |
申请日期 |
2003.02.05 |
申请人 |
QUANTUM CORPORATION |
发明人 |
BOLT, THOMAS B.;DALY, KEVIN C. |
分类号 |
G06F3/06;G06F1/32;G11B19/20;G11B20/10;G11B33/12;G11B33/14;(IPC1-7):G06F11/20 |
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G06F3/06 |
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