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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
May. 23, 1995
Rodney A DeKoning, Wichita, KS (US);
Donald R Humlicek, Wichita, KS (US);
Max L Johnson, Wichita, KS (US);
Symbios Logic Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of insuring recovery of a quantity write request data in a storage device having a plurality of controllers includes the steps of (1) providing a primary controller for storing the write request data received from a host device, (2) providing an alternate controller having a memory area allocated for use by the primary controller, (3) maintaining a first control block in the primary controller for indicating status of the write request data stored in the primary controller, and (4) maintaining a second control block in the alternate controller for indicating status of the write request data stored in the primary controller.