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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2002
Roger Keith Stager, Livermore, CA (US);
Don Alvin Trimmer, Livermore, CA (US);
Rico Blaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roger Keith Stager, Livermore, CA (US);
Don Alvin Trimmer, Livermore, CA (US);
Rico Blaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of protecting a data storage system including the steps of: providing a disk system including a plurality of disk modules, each disk module containing a disk controller and a disk driver, the disk driver being in detachable electrical communication with the disk controller; and physically disconnecting the disk controller from the disk driver for any of the plurality of disk modules that are not required by the data storage system for the transfer of data.
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