Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Control technique
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-14
2011-06-14
Kim, Hong (Department: 2185)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Control technique
C711S004000, C711S112000, C711S156000, C711S165000, C711S103000, C713S300000, C713S320000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07962704
ABSTRACT:
A storage control apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of connecting units connected to one or more host computers and one or more hard disk drives as storage media for storing data, one or more non-volatile storage media which are of a different type from the hard disk drives and which store data WRITE requested from the host computer, a plurality of processing units for processing WRITE and READ requests from the host computer by using the hard disk drives or the non-volatile storage media and, a plurality of memory units for storing control information to be by the processing units.
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Fujibayashi Akira
Fujimoto Kazuhisa
Nakamura Shuji
Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.
Hitachi , Ltd.
Kim Hong
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