发明名称 |
Disk array system with controllers that prefetch and buffer ATA disk drive commands |
摘要 |
A disk array system comprises a plurality of controllers, each of which preferably implements a host side of an ATA interface protocol within automated circuitry to control a respective ATA disk drive. Each controller includes a command buffer for storing disk drive commands to be executed by a respective ATA drive, and includes a circuit that prefetches such commands so that a next disk drive command will be available within the command buffer when the disk drive finishes executing a current disk drive command. A delay that commonly occurs when an ATA disk drive retrieves a next disk drive command is thereby reduced or avoided. The disk drive commands are preferably dispatched to the controllers by a microcontroller over a control bus that is separate from a bus used for input/output data transfers.
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申请公布号 |
US2003120865(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.06.26 |
申请号 |
US20030364798 |
申请日期 |
2003.02.11 |
申请人 |
MCDONALD JAMES ARTHUR;HERZ JOHN PETER;ALTMAN MITCHELL ALLEN;SMITH WILLIAM EDWARD |
发明人 |
MCDONALD JAMES ARTHUR;HERZ JOHN PETER;ALTMAN MITCHELL ALLEN;SMITH WILLIAM EDWARD |
分类号 |
G06F3/06;G06F13/12;(IPC1-7):G06F13/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
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