Apparatus and method for using one core for RAID control in...

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2007-11-01

2010-10-19

Verbrugge, Kevin (Department: 2189)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

C711S103000, C711SE12001

Reexamination Certificate

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07818500

ABSTRACT:
The invention is based on running the entire RAID stack on a dedicated core of one of the cores of the multi-core CPU. This makes it possible to eliminate the use of a conventional separate RAID controller and replace its function with a special flash memory chip that contains a program, which isolates the dedicated cores from the rest of the operating system and converts it into a powerful RAID engine. A part of the memory of the flash memory chip can also be used for storing data at power failure. This makes it possible to avoid having the battery backup module. The invention of the method of RAID on multi-core CPU may have many useful applications on an enterprise level, e.g., for increased accessibility and preserving critical data.

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