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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:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Applicant:
William Bridge, Alameda, CA (US);
Inventor:
William Bridge, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for accessing a data item from a storage system having a plurality of data storage devices are disclosed. I/O operation requests are submitted to multiple data storage devices for each data item to be accessed. The I/O operation requests are issued to copies of the data items that reside on a plurality of data storage devices. More I/O operation requests are submitted than the number of data items that are to be accessed, written, or updated.