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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manoj J. Varghese, Cypress, TX (US);
Christoph Schmitz, Tomball, TX (US);
Keith L. Kelley, Houston, TX (US);
Charles A. Bartlett, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method implemented according to the invention relates to a method including the conversion between of logical requirements and physical requirements, including such devices as computer drive arrays, controller/storage box combinations, and conversion of virtual disk drive heights to physical disk drive heights. The methods of the invention can be applied to the configuration of most hierarchical system.