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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Frederic Kern, Tucson, AZ (US);
Ronald Maynard Kern, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark Anthony Sovik, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A storage-and-host-controller-managed outboard data management tool is described wherein the host controller defines logical paths between various storage controllers and data storage devices, and the storage controller manages the movement of data to and from the various data storage devices while only sending data to the host processor if necessary.