Excavating
Patent
1991-09-03
1992-09-15
Atkinson, Charles E.
Excavating
3642431, 3642685, 364DIG1, 371 111, G06F 1110, G06F 1120
Patent
active
051484323
ABSTRACT:
An arrayed disk drive system for providing memory to a computer, said arrayed system having a plurality of disk drives configured to form an array, said arrayed disk drives accessed by a plurality of channels, each channel accessing a plurality of disk drives, including a means for controlling the logical configuration of the arrayed disk drives to appear to the computer as any conceivable arrangement of disk drives, whereby the arrayed disk drive may appear to the computer as the plurality of disk drives, or as one large disk drive comprised of all the arrayed disk drives, or any combination in between. A means for providing a plurality of levels of redundancy on data read or written by the computer to the arrayed disk drives is provided, as well as means controlled by the controlling means for enabling from none to the plurality of levels of redundancy to operate on data being read or written from the arrayed disk drives.
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Brant William A.
Gordon David W.
Hubis Walter A.
Stallmo David C.
Warner David M.
Array Technology Corporation
Atkinson Charles E.
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