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2011-04-19

2011-04-19

Tang, Kenneth (Department: 2196)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac

Task management or control

C718S102000, C711S150000

Reexamination Certificate

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07930697

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an apparatus for cooperative distributed task management in a storage subsystem with multiple controllers using cache locking. The present invention distributes a task across a set of controllers acting in a cooperative rather than a master/slave nature to perform discrete components of the subject task on an as-available basis. This minimizes the amount of time required to perform incidental data manipulation tasks, thus reducing the duration of instances of degraded system performance.

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