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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6446223 | Storage system and method for controlling the same A storage system having a plurality of rewritable removable media and a method for controlling that system are disclosed. The storage system has a controller that updates medium update count management information every time contents of any medium are upd... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442706 | Resource allocation throttle for remote data mirroring system A computer network remote data mirroring system writes update data both to a local data device and to a local, chronologically sequenced journal storage area, or writelog device. A primary mirror daemon on a local computer system monitors the writelog dev... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6442659 | Raid-type storage system and technique In an aspect, the invention features a method of storing data in a digital data storage system that includes a plurality of disk drives. The method involves receiving data at the data storage system; compressing the received data to generate a compressed ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438668 | Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a digital processing system Methods and apparatuses for controlling power consumption in a digital processing system. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes using a non-volatile memory of the digital processing system (DPS) as a virtual memory of a volatile ran... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6437531 | Backup method of microcomputer used in case of stoppage of operation, backup unit of microcomputer, and control unit for controlling power window for automobile use There is provided an external watchdog timer 30 for detecting a temporary runaway of the microcomputer body 20 and resetting it according to a pulse output of the microcomputer body 20. Further, an internal watchdog timer 70 operated independently from a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434681 | Snapshot copy facility for a data storage system permitting continued host read/write access A snapshot copy of a production data set is maintained while a host may continue write access to the production data set. The data storage system responds to a host request to write to a storage location of the production data set by checking whether or n... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6434683 | Method and system for transferring delta difference data to a storage device A method and system for transferring difference data (delta) between new and old data from a data transferring unit to a storage device having a copy of the old data for enabling the storage device to determine the new data based on the old data and the t... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6434682 | Data management system with shortcut migration via efficient automatic reconnection to previously migrated copy A data management system responds to migration requests by automatically invoking a shortcut migration process for suitable candidates. Suitability of candidate data is efficiently evaluated using, among other considerations, the presence or absence of an... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430663 | Methods for selecting a boot partition and hiding a non-selected partition Methods for selecting a boot partition from a single drive of a computer are disclosed. In one example, a method includes receiving a boot request and accessing a signature sector of the single drive to ascertain a first serial number for a first boot par... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6430662 | Method and device for changing memory contents in a control unit, especially of a motor vehicle A method for changing and/or inputting data and programs into at least one first memory (104) of a computer system, especially for control of operations in a motor vehicle, is described. This method is particularly useful for changing or reprogramming a c... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425063 | Method and arrangement for memory management The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for memory management, where a first memory 3 and a second memory 4 works in parallel, such as two memories belonging to a first 1 and a second 2 parallel working processor. Respective memory 3,... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424999 | System and method for restoring previously backed-up data in a mass storage subsystem A system comprising a mass storage subsystem, as a master device and backup subsystem, as a slave device, the slave device transferring data items to the master device during a restore operation. Each data item to be restored is identified by a data item ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421744 | Direct memory access controller and method therefor Direct memory access controller (DMAC) (54) adapted to directly execute C language style FOR tasks assigned by a processor (70), where the FOR task includes a movement of a data element from a first location to a second location in memory. The DMAC includ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421767 | Method and apparatus for managing a storage system using snapshot copy operations with snap groups A method and apparatus in a data processing system for managing data access to a plurality of storage devices. The present invention may be applied to copy operations involving virtual tracking. The plurality of storage devices is grouped into a set of gr... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6415296 | Method and system for more efficiently providing a copy in a raid data storage system The present invention provides a method and system for more efficiently providing a copy of a portion of a source drive of a plurality of drives in a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) data storage system. The portion of the source drive includes... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6415300 | Method of performing a high-performance backup which gains efficiency by reading input file blocks sequentially An improved method of performing a high-performance backup of a computer system is described, which reduces disk read time and thus gains efficiency by reading input file blocks sequentially rather than the order in which the block appear in the original ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412042 | System and method for improved disk drive performance and reliability A data recording device including recording media having a set of at least two alternate regions thereon for each data segment, whereby each data segment has a corresponding set of at least two alternate regions on the recording media; a transducer positi... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411969 | Enhanced system and method for management of system database utilities An enhanced method for developing back-up copies of a source database by providing incremental and accumulate dump commands from various multiple-Users which enable a selection of certain files which are identified independently of time-factor for dumping... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408369 | Internal copy for a storage controller A storage system has a storage controller connected to a plurality of storage devices. The described system and method transfer physical data from a first storage device to a second storage device. The method does not involve a host computer in the physic... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405294 | Data center migration method and system using data mirroring A method and system for migrating computer applications and volumes of data from a source DASD connected to a source computer system to a target DASD connected to a target computer system. The method comprises ensuring data integrity on the source DASD, i... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401163 | Apparatus and method for rewriting data from volatile memory to nonvolatile memory In an electronic control system having a CPU, a RAM and an EEPROM, an original data stored in the EEPROM is written into the RAM to be updated in a control calculation processing of the CPU. If the updated data is the type which is to be written back into... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6401170 | RAID systems during non-fault and faulty conditions on a fiber channel arbitrated loop, SCSI bus or switch fabric configuration The RAID system disclosed here uses arbitrated fiber channels or switch fabric to connect multiple host computers and storage array controllers (SAC). Each SAC is designated a primary SAC for an array of storage units, which it normally serves as controll... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6401178 | Data processing method and apparatus for enabling independent access to replicated data A data storage facility that allows data on a standard device to be replicated to other storage devices for independent and concurrent access. The standard device includes first and second tables for monitoring the operation of the standard device. The ot... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397308 | Apparatus and method for differential backup and restoration of data in a computer storage system Method and apparatus for generating partial backups of logical objects in a computer storage system are disclosed. Changed data blocks are identified and stored as differential abstract block sets. The differential abstract block set may include data bloc... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397309 | System and method for reconstructing data associated with protected storage volume stored in multiple modules of back-up mass data storage facility A computer program product is used with a programmable device to provide a data item reconstruction element for reconstructing information stored on a back-up information storage subsystem associated with at least one protected volume. The back-up informa... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397229 | Storage-controller-managed outboard incremental backup/restore of data A storage-controller-managed outboard incremental backup/restore of data. An indicator is assigned to an associated portion of data stored in a data storage device, wherein the indicator resides in a memory of a storage controller coupled to the data stor... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397293 | Storage management system and auto-RAID transaction manager for coherent memory map across hot plug interface A Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) data storage system includes an AutoRAID memory transaction manager for a disk array controller that enables a consistent, coherent memory image of the data storage space to all processors across hot-plug inte... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397307 | Method and system for mirroring and archiving mass storage A method and system for mirroring and archiving mass storage. A primary mass storage and a secondary mass storage are synchronized to contain the same data. Thereafter, a primary system tracks changes made to the primary mass storage. These changes are co... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393537 | Host storage management control of outboard data movement A storage-and-host-controller-managed outboard data management tool is described wherein the host controller defines logical paths between various storage controllers and data storage devices, and the storage controller manages the movement of data to and... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6393538 | Reproducing updates in a first file storage unit to a second file storage unit by transferring update information from the first unit to the second unit In order to realize duplicating of data even if a host apparatus, for example, modifies a part of commands to simplify a recovery process in the recovery process, a primary file unit issues a command similar to a writing operation directive command to a s... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6385707 | Method and apparatus for backing up a disk drive upon a system failure A method and system for copying files between drives of a computer system is provided. The method begins where files are selected to be copied from a first drive of the computer system to a second drive of the computer system. The selected files include o... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6385626 | Method and apparatus for identifying changes to a logical object based on changes to the logical object at physical level A method and apparatus for indenting changes to a logical object on a host computer by examining information relating to a physical level in a data storage system wherein the logical object is stored. In one embodiment, a method for determining changes to... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6385706 | Apparatus and methods for copying a logical object to a primary storage device using a map of storage locations Method and apparatus for restoring copies of a logical object to a primary computer storage device are disclosed. A copy of the logical object is provided, physical blocks of memory in the primary storage device are allocated, a map of the data blocks wil... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378054 | Data backup device and method for use with a computer, and computer-readable recording medium having data backup program recorded thereon A technique related to a data backup for a computer. There are provided a selection section, an archive file creation section, and a backup processing section. The selection section selects data files satisfying given conditions from among data files stor... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374335 | Data loading process Updating method for coupling a supplementary automation system (AGS) to an overall automation system (AGS) having a basic system and transferring the contents of the main memory area (BAS) of the basic system (BAS) by section-by-section readout and writin... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6374266 | Method and apparatus for storing information in a data processing system A method for storing data from a data source in a storage device of a data repository by reading all source allocation units, restructuring the data into data units having a size corresponding to the repository allocation units, and generating a hash valu... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6370626 | Method and apparatus for independent and simultaneous access to a common data set A method and apparatus for enabling a common data set to be utilized by multiple data processes. During a first operating mode, first and second data stores in a data storage facility with a common buffer attach to a first data process and act as mirrors.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6366987 | Computer data storage physical backup and logical restore A data storage system is constructed to rapidly respond to a physical backup request for backup of a physical storage unit such as a disk volume or cylinder. A user, however, may request backup of a logical data structure such as a file having a rather co... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366986 | Method and apparatus for differential backup in a computer storage system Method and apparatus for backup in restoring data on a computer system are disclosed. Backups may include a differential backup. In a differential backup, only some (but not all) segments of data in a primary copy are backed up. The segments may correspon... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363462 | Storage controller providing automatic retention and deletion of synchronous back-up data A network comprises at least one host processing system, a number of storage controllers, each coupled to one of a plurality of storage arrays, each storage array including at least one mass storage device. Each storage controller may be coupled to at lea... | 03/26/2002 |
