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US07882331B2 Method and system for simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard drive
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在单个硬盘驱动器上同时支持不同块大小的方法和系统
- Patent Title: Method and system for simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard drive
- Patent Title (中): 在单个硬盘驱动器上同时支持不同块大小的方法和系统
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Application No.: US11620817Application Date: 2007-01-08
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Publication No.: US07882331B2Publication Date: 2011-02-01
- Inventor: Thomas R. Forrer, Jr. , Jason Eric Moore , Abel Enrique Zuzuarregui
- Applicant: Thomas R. Forrer, Jr. , Jason Eric Moore , Abel Enrique Zuzuarregui
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Libby Z. Toub
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00

Abstract:
A method and system where a hardware platform such as a disk drive is formatted to the largest block length it is desired to read from or write to. Using commands, data can be accessed from the drive in any block length that is equal to or less than the formatted block length.
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- US20080109617A1 Method and system for simultaneously supporting different block sizes on a single hard drive Public/Granted day:2008-05-08
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