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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Enzo Chiariotti, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ECCS, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39518204 ; 39518507 ; 371 377 ;
Abstract
A method of initializing or reconstructing data redundancy within a array of storage elements. Specifically, the method is performed by the array management software, either as part of the array controller or a host computer performing array controller functions, such that, for a new array, the data therein is made consistent (e.g., XOR consistent using parity data) and, for an array with a recently replaced storage element, data is reconstructed within the new storage element. In either case, after executing the inventive routine, the array is fault tolerant and the data is consistent in accordance with the technique used to generate fault tolerance.