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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7143228 | Storage control system and method for storing block level data in internal or external storage control system based on control information via networks A first storage control system comprises a CHN connected to a LAN CN. The CHN comprises a NAS processor and I/O processor. The I/O processor judges whether all or a portion of block level data is to be stored in either a first storage control system or a second stor... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139743 | Associative database scanning and information retrieval using FPGA devices A data storage and retrieval device and method is disclosed. The device includes at least one magnetic storage medium configured to store target data and at least one re-configurable logic device comprising an FPGA coupled to the at least one magnetic storage medium... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139763 | Method and system for processing data selected for recording to optical media Methods for processing data to be recorded to optical media are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving a request to record data to optical media. The method then maps a source path for the data from a root directory through any intervening parent dire... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139873 | System and method for caching data streams on a storage media A system and method for caching and managing data streams from a storage media is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of virtual buffers for a plurality of data streams. Each data stream correlates to a virtual buffer. The system also includes a cache memory ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134960 | External interfaces for a 3D graphics system An advantageous set of external interfaces for home video game platform provide modularity and expandability while maintaining and preserving the proprietary nature of the platform. A disk drive interface provides flexible communications with an internal disk drive.... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136988 | Mass data storage library frame spanning for mixed media Disclosed are a system, a method, and an article of manufacture to provide for configuring an automated data storage library having one or more storage frames that operate with different types of data storage media. The automated data storage library is configured t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136939 | Storage device and method of setting configuration information of same Configuration information settings for a storage device are made highly reliable and facilitated. The storage device includes a service processor for setting storage device configuration information, and a terminal device connected to the service processor via a pri... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136964 | Disk array with spare logic drive created from spare physical drives In a disk array system having a plurality of spare drives, the storage areas of which are not wasted without being influenced by the physical boundaries thereof. There is defined one large spare parity group 104 which is composed of a plurality of spare drive... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134139 | System and method for authenticating block level cache access on network A data cache for an iSCSI network caches block-level data from WAN servers for use by clients (e.g., LANs). The cache authenticates itself to the WAN servers, and authenticates clients requesting cache access. Mechanisms are provided to prevent clients from accessin... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133987 | Storage system and snapshot management method thereof In a novel snapshot management method for a data storage system which does not use duplication (mirroring), when a snapshot of a main volume pertaining to a designated time is being taken, every time a write request to a storage region in the main volume is received... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133996 | Memory device and internal control method therefor A memory device for ensuring efficient access and reduction in current consumption. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in accordance with a first address and a second address which define a logical address map indicating a logical shape ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133964 | Raid assimilation method and apparatus A method of determining a configuration of a collection of storage units, includes: generating a configuration, identifying for a specific configuration by use of a configuration identifier; and assigning the specific configuration to the first labels of all storage... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130970 | Dynamic storage device pooling in a computer system A method for dynamically allocating control of a storage device, the method comprising receiving an access request from a first computer requesting access to a storage device; directing, based upon the access request, a first storage controller computer to assume an... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130138 | Environmental stress protection scheme for a data storage device A system to ensure written data integrity in a data storage device that is operating outside of predefined normal operating conditions is disclosed. The system includes an environmental stress monitoring module operable to identify data storage device operation in a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130960 | System and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem A system and method for managing disk space in a thin-provisioned storage subsystem. If a number of free segments in a free segment pool at a storage subsystem is detected as below a desired minimum, one or more of the following is performed: selecting and adding lo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126778 | Process of dynamically adjusting the operating parameters of a computer storage device according to environmental conditions It has been discovered by the inventors that the efficiency and data integrity of a storage device can be improved by dynamically adjusting certain operating parameters to optimal values during the operation of the storage device. In one embodiment, the physical pro... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127535 | System and method for multiplexed data back-up A server computer receives back-up data from individual client computers and inserts them into a buffer within a shared memory area. The server associates an identification tag with each set of back-up data which identifies from which particular client computer the ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127388 | Interfaces for an open systems server providing tape drive emulation An improved interface between a host computer and a tape drive emulation system includes software interfaces for communicating control, configuration, and policy data and a hardware interface for providing redundancy and fan-out between the main controller and host ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7127554 | Writing data to a storage medium in data sets commencing at a same position along the storage medium Data are written to plural parallel data tracks of a data storage medium by arranging a data stream into plural streams of data sets. Each stream of data sets is allocated to a corresponding respective group of parallel data tracks. A plurality of the data sets are ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126784 | Concurrent data recording and reproducing method, seek operation control method and magnetic disk drive using the methods In conventional magnetic disk drives where stream data are treated, seek operations are performed at unnecessarily high speeds. This put the magnetic disk drives at a disadvantage in suppressing noise, reducing power consumption, and lowering the costs of actuator c... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123556 | Multi-layered information recording medium with spare defect management areas A multi-layered information recording medium comprising a plurality of recording layers, a user data area for recording user data, provided in at least two of the plurality of recording layers, and a defect list storing area for storing a defect list. When at least ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124277 | Method and apparatus for a trace cache trace-end predictor A method and apparatus for a trace end predictor for a trace cache is disclosed. In one embodiment, the trace end predictor may have one or more buffers to contain a head address for a subsequent trace. The head address may include the way number and set number of t... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124245 | Data storage system having cache memory manager with packet switching network A system interface having: a plurality of front end directors adapted for coupling to a host computer/server; a plurality of back end directors adapted for coupling to a bank of disk drives; a data transfer section having cache memory; a cache memory manager; and, a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120826 | Partial mirroring during expansion thereby eliminating the need to track the progress of stripes updated during expansion A method, system and computer program product for performing an expansion of a disk array. Upon the failure of a disk in the disk array, the failed disk may be rebuilt stripe by stripe in the spare units distributed among other disks in the disk array. Upon repairin... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120726 | Virtual track for serpentine track format A method of representing a serpentine track accessing format includes obtaining a plurality of head and physical track number pairs in the serpentine track accessing format. Then, each of the head and physical track number pairs are mapped to a unique virtual track ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120728 | Hardware-based translating virtualization switch Placing virtualization agents in the switches which comprise the SAN fabric. Higher level virtualization management functions are provided in an external management server. Conventional HBAs can be utilized in the hosts and storage units. In a first embodiment, a se... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7120742 | Storage system having a plurality of interfaces A hybrid-type storage system having both SAN and NAS interfaces can be implemented by simple hardware capable of carrying out a SAN function independently of a NAS function and a NAS load. To be more specific, a controller of the storage system comprises a NAS contr... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117305 | Data storage system having cache memory manager A system interface having: a plurality of front end directors adapted for coupling to a host computer/server; a plurality of back end directors adapted for coupling to a bank of disk drives; a data transfer section having cache memory; a cache memory manager; and, a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117505 | Methods, systems, and apparatus to interface with storage objects Methods, systems, and apparatus to interface with storage objects are provided. A storage object handle is provided on request and a storage object is mapped within a first storage environment. Further, a configuration identifier notifies client modules when the sto... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117249 | Computer system and data sharing method between computers A data sharing method for use in a computer system provided with a first computer, a second computer and a data storage subsystem for connection with the first and second computers is disclosed. The data storage subsystem has a plurality of memory units and a contro... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117314 | Storage device and method for data sharing In a computer system including a disk subsystem having channel interface compatible to a count-key-data format and a SCSI interface compatible to a fixed length data format, the disk subsystem is connected to a CPU controlled by an open system operating system throu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116509 | Magnetic disk apparatus and servo signal recording method A magnetic disk apparatus capable of generating a reference clock signal without using an external reference by writing a clock track only once using a head of the magnetic disk apparatus even if the head is of a read/write element separation type. Using the head of... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114048 | Recording apparatus, recording method, storage medium, program and communication apparatus The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method as well as a communication apparatus suitable for use where stored contents data of, for example, music tunes are supplied to a semiconductor memory or a portable device. At step S391, a C IN/C... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111138 | Storage system and storage control device A first storage control device is provided with a virtual LU for showing a logical volume possessed by a second storage control device as if it were its own volume. When data processing requested from a host device is, for example, a specific processing of large loa... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111118 | High performance raid mapping An apparatus generally having a plurality of disk drives and a controller is disclosed. Each of the disk drives may have a first region and a second region. The first regions may have a performance parameter faster than the second regions. The controller may be conf... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111014 | Providing a snapshot of a subject of a file system A system, method and computer readable medium for providing a snapshot of a subset of a file system. A first snapshot of a first set of source files in a file system is generated. The first snapshot includes an inode corresponding to each source file in the first se... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111120 | Scalable disk array controller This invention relates to a disk array controller. There has been demand for a large scale memory device system operable without interruption. Further, in order to cope with the recent trend toward open systems, scalability of performance and capacity in such system... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111113 | Apparatus and method to write information to and/or read information from an information storage medium A method to write information to an information storage medium. The method creates one or more objects comprising information and provides a first one of those one or more objects. The method writes a header label to an information storage medium, where the header l... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107397 | Magnetic tape data storage system buffer management A sequential buffer for a magnetic tape data storage system comprises a plurality of segments. A buffer management system buffers data in the sequential buffer, conducting a data transfer process. Subsequently, some of the buffered data is maintained in some, but le... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107385 | Storage virtualization by layering virtual disk objects on a file system A storage virtualization selection technique “automates” a virtualization selection process to create virtual disk (vdisk) storage objects over a volume of a file system implemented by a storage operating system of a multi-protocol storage appliance. The file sy... | 09/12/2006 |
