Method and system of data storage capacity allocation and...

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2008-07-01

2008-07-01

Lane, Jack A (Department: 2185)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Memory configuring

C711S162000, C711S171000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11087136

ABSTRACT:
Aspects of the present invention allow the implementation of one or more data pools using portions or sectors of one or more hard disk drives. Aspects of the invention incorporate at least a method and system of implementing the one or more data pools. The method of implementing a data pool using one or more data storage drives may comprise first generating a first partition table and a second partition table, wherein the first partition table is a mirror image of said second partition table. The method further comprises second generating a first pool information block and a second pool information block, wherein the first pool information block is a mirror image of said second pool information block. The system of implementing a data pool using one or more data storage drives may comprise a memory, a software resident in the memory, and a processor capable of executing the software.

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