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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Hooshmand Torabi, Irvine, CA (US);
Chak-fai Cheng, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Nader Salessi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Hosein Gazeri, Irvine, CA (US);
Hooshmand Torabi, Irvine, CA (US);
Chak-Fai Cheng, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Nader Salessi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Hosein Gazeri, Irvine, CA (US);
STEC, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A parallel data storage system for storing data received from, or retrieving data to, a host system using multiple data storage devices. The system includes an interface for communicating with the host system and a buffer configured to store data sectors received from the host system via the interface. A switch is used to selectively connect the interface and the data storage devices to the buffer to facilitate the transfer of data into and out of the buffer. The data sectors are transferred by segmenting each sector into multiple smaller data cells and distributing these data cells among the data storage devices using an arbitrated distribution method.