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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Hideto Niijima, Tokyo-to, JP;
Seiji Munetoh, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hiroki Murata, Tokyo-to, JP;
Nobuaki Takahashi, Machida, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A disk storage device includes two data buses 100, 200 for data transfer. Hard disks (HDDs) 0 and 1 are permanently connected to the data buses 100, 200, and hard disks 2 and 3 are selectively connectable to either of the data buses. When a microcontroller (MCU) 32 outputs a specified signal to a data path controller (DPC) 10 in response to a command from a host, multiplexers 20, 22 connect the selectively connectable hard disks 2 and 3 to one of the data buses. When data is written to or read from the hard disks, the write or read can be performed quickly with fewer data buses and a simple device configuration. A parity data generator (PGEN) 24 is connected to both of the buses, receiving new data via one bus and writing new parity data via the other bus.