Data processing: structural design – modeling – simulation – and em – Simulating electronic device or electrical system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-28
2007-08-28
Rodriguez, Paul (Department: 2123)
Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em
Simulating electronic device or electrical system
C710S038000, C370S258000, C340S507000, C398S005000, C711S112000, C711S200000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09592572
ABSTRACT:
A high speed, microcomputer based, Fibre Channel compatible and fault tolerant information processing and mass storage system especially suited for information servers and application servers. A unique and extremely versatile system architecture, including a dual loop arbitrated, Fibre Channel capable, multiple-fault tolerant, hot-swappable mass storage disk array, permits combinations of servers and mass storage arrays which can be tailored for a wide variety of applications and which can be configured with emphasis on the system characteristics such as redundancy, speed, processing capability, storage capability, and the like, as desired. A unique backplane and/or midplane arrangement for connecting the system components allows for easy and, in most cases, on-line field upgrading and/or service and at the same time provides for the very effective cooling of components, particularly those such as disk drives which tend to produce a lot of heat.
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Fulwider Patton LLP
Quad Research
Rodriguez Paul
Thangavelu Kandasamy
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