Invention Application
- Patent Title: Establishing A Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Drives
- Patent Title (中): 建立廉价驱动器的冗余阵列
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Application No.: US11777691Application Date: 2007-07-13
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Publication No.: US20090019211A1Publication Date: 2009-01-15
- Inventor: Justin P. Bandholz , Kevin M. Reinberg , Philip L. Weinstein , Christopher C. West
- Applicant: Justin P. Bandholz , Kevin M. Reinberg , Philip L. Weinstein , Christopher C. West
- Applicant Address: US NY ARMONK
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY ARMONK
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00
Abstract:
Establishing, with a USB RAID controller connected to a USB hub and with USB mass storage devices connected to the USB hub and the USB RAID controller through USB connectors, the USB hub controlled by a USB host controller, a RAID array including enumerating, by the USB host controller, the USB mass storage devices, including discovering the USB RAID controller; receiving, by the USB RAID controller from a RAID console application program, an instruction to designate USB connectors as RAIDable USB connectors, the instruction including selected USB connectors; designating, by the USB RAID controller, the selected USB connectors as RAIDable USB connectors; enumerating by the USB RAID controller the USB mass storage devices connected to the RAIDable USB connectors; configuring by the USB RAID controller a RAID array, the RAID array including the USB mass storage devices; and storing, through the USB RAID controller, computer data on the RAID array.
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