Error recovery method and apparatus for high performance disk dr

Details Error recovery method and apparatus for high performance disk dr Error recovery method and apparatus for high performance disk dr

1993-03-18

1994-02-01

Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W.

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371 401, 360 39, H03M 1300

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052837912

ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses an error recovery method for parallel architecture data storage devices. The present invention provides means for simultaneously arranging data on a plurality of recording surfaces so that intermittent and/or solid failures do not prevent access to the data stored thereon. A first error correcting code comprising a parity bit is generated for each dataword. The dataword and the parity bit are stored simultaneously and bit-wise to a plurality of recording surfaces. A second error correcting code is generated for a plurality of bits transmitted to a specific recording surface. The second error correcting code is written onto the same recording surface as the bits from which it was generated. The second error correcting code is used to detect and correct intermittent errors in the data read from a particular recording surface. The first error correcting code is used to correct data read from a particular surface when the second error correcting code indicates that a solid failure has occurred, which the second error correcting code cannot correct. The result is a data storage device combining large capacity and fast transfer rates with improved fault tolerance.

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