Multipath I/O storage systems with multiipath I/O request mechan

Details Multipath I/O storage systems with multiipath I/O request mechan Multipath I/O storage systems with multiipath I/O request mechan

1998-04-21

2000-12-05

Shin, Christopher B.

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Input/output data processing

709207, G06F 1300

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061579629

ABSTRACT:
A data processing system having multiple independent paths for communication between a host and a plurality of storage devices where each path has its own queue for servicing requests generated by the host for accessing the storage devices. Each request is assigned a unique sequential ID before it is stored, along with its unique ID, in all the queues. Each storage device has a "mailbox" register where the ID and the status of the latest request being carried out is stored. Queues are serviced and their status updated based on the content of the mailbox in each storage device. The combination of assigning a unique task ID to each request and a "mailbox" register in each storage device allows the queue in each path to be completely out of sync with each of the queues in the other paths without causing data integrity problems, duplication of requests at the device level, or a need for complex locking schemes to keep the queues in sync with each other.

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