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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Satish Subramanian, Chennai, IN;
Senthil Kannan, Pondicherry, IN;
Hariharan Kamalavannan, Chennai, IN;
Ganesh Sivaperuman, Chennai, IN;
Inventors:
Satish Subramanian, Chennai, IN;
Senthil Kannan, Pondicherry, IN;
Hariharan Kamalavannan, Chennai, IN;
Ganesh Sivaperuman, Chennai, IN;
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1246 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a low power consumption storage array. Read and write cycles are separated so that a multiple disk array can be spun down during periods when there are no write requests. Cooling fans are operated with a pulse-width modulated signal in response to cooling demand to further reduce energy consumption.