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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2007
Applicants:

Michael B. Jacobson, Boise, ID (US);

Brian Patterson, Boise, ID (US);

Ronald D. Rodriguez, Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Michael B. Jacobson, Boise, ID (US);

Brian Patterson, Boise, ID (US);

Ronald D. Rodriguez, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/2071 (2013.01); G06F 11/2082 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for data transfer in storage systems. One embodiment includes a method that transmits a state of cached write data and mapping metadata associated with a disk group from a first array to a second array and then transfers access to the disk group from the first array to the second array while host applications continue to access data in the disk group.


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