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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Ralph Thomas Beeston, Tucson, AZ (US);
Joel Kenneth Lyman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Ralph Thomas Beeston, Tucson, AZ (US);
Joel Kenneth Lyman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data storage and retrieval system is disclosed which includes encoded information regarding known valid system configurations, nominal performance specifications for various I/O devices, and nominal performance specifications for various interconnecting communication buses. A method is disclosed to validate the apparent configuration of the data storage and retrieval system. A method is disclosed to evaluate the performance of each I/O device and interconnecting bus disposed within the data storage and retrieval system.