Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery – Data processing system error or fault handling – Reliability and availability
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-15
2009-02-17
Iqbal, Nadeem (Department: 2114)
Error detection/correction and fault detection/recovery
Data processing system error or fault handling
Reliability and availability
Reexamination Certificate
active
07493517
ABSTRACT:
Each time a sync controller sequentially issues a read request to a memory controller, a count value of a first counter is incremented. When a read operation is conducted for the read request, a count value of a second counter is incremented and the data is transferred to a standby computer. If a memory write instruction is issued during a memory copy operation, an address comparator compares a write address of the memory write instruction with the count values of the first and second counters. If the write address is more than the count values, the memory write operation is permitted. If the write address is equal to the count value of the first counter, the process waits for termination of the data read operation. Otherwise, the write operation is immediately permitted and the write data is transferred to the sync controller. Data of a memory on the active side can be hence copied onto the standby computer without stopping the system operation.
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Iqbal Nadeem
NEC Corporation
Scully , Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
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