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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph S Glider, Mountain View, CA (US);
David T Powers, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Thomas E Idleman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
MTI Technology Corporation, Anaheim, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
371 681 ; 371 404 ; 371 511 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for detecting and correcting various data errors that may arise in a mass data storage apparatus comprising a set of physical mass storage devices operating as one or more larger logical mass storage devices. A method and apparatus is provided for detecting and reconstructing incorrectly routed data. A method and apparatus is also provided for detecting when one or more physical devices fails to write a block of data, and for reconstructing lost data.