公开(公告)号：US20060168214A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-27

申请号：US10977800

申请日：2004-10-29

申请人： William Armstrong ,  Richard Arndt ,  Michael Benhase ,  Lawrence Blount ,  Yu-Cheng Hsu ,  Naresh Nayar

发明人： William Armstrong ,  Richard Arndt ,  Michael Benhase ,  Lawrence Blount ,  Yu-Cheng Hsu ,  Naresh Nayar

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F9/5077 ,  G06F9/4881 ,  G06F2209/5014

摘要： An apparatus, program product and method guarantee a period of time in which a partition's use of a resource will not be preempted by a hypervisor. An inquiry communication from the partition prompts the hypervisor to determine if work is pending for the hypervisor. If not, the hypervisor sends a guarantee response ensuring the period of uninterrupted use of the resource by the partition.

摘要翻译： 设备，程序产品和方法保证分区对资源的使用不会被管理程序抢占的时间段。 分区的查询通信将提示管理程序确定虚拟机管理程序是否正在等待工作。 如果没有，则管理程序发送保证响应，确保分区不间断使用资源的时间。

公开(公告)号：US20060107308A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10987571

申请日：2004-11-12

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  John McCauley ,  Brian Rinaldi ,  Micah Robison ,  Todd Sorenson

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  John McCauley ,  Brian Rinaldi ,  Micah Robison ,  Todd Sorenson

IPC分类号： H04L9/32

CPC分类号： G06F9/5011 ,  G06F9/5016 ,  G06F9/526 ,  Y10S707/99938

摘要： Provided are a method, system and program for processing complexes to access shared devices. A lock to a plurality of shared devices is maintained and accessible to a first and second processing systems. The first processing complex determines a first delay time and the second processing complex determines a second delay time. The first processing complex issues a request for the lock in response to expiration of the first delay time and the second processing complex issues a request for the lock in response to expiration of the second delay time.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于处理复合体以访问共享设备的方法，系统和程序。 对多个共享设备的锁定被维护并且可被第一和第二处理系统访问。 第一处理复合体确定第一延迟时间，并且第二处理复数确定第二延迟时间。 第一处理复合体响应于第一延迟时间的到期而发出锁的请求，并且第二处理复合体响应于第二延迟时间的到期而发出锁的请求。

公开(公告)号：US20060107263A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10990825

申请日：2004-11-16

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  Yu-Cheng Hsu ,  John McCauley ,  Louis Rasor ,  William Sherman ,  Cheng-Chung Song

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  Yu-Cheng Hsu ,  John McCauley ,  Louis Rasor ,  William Sherman ,  Cheng-Chung Song

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F9/5027 ,  G06F9/485 ,  G06F9/5022 ,  G06F9/52

摘要： Provided are a method, system and article of manufacture, wherein a first application executes at least two threads corresponding to a simultaneous multi-threaded processor whose resources have been acquired by the first application. The at least two threads are synchronized before releasing the simultaneous multi-threaded processor to a second application.

公开(公告)号：US20060107015A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10993740

申请日：2004-11-18

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  Lawrence Blount ,  James Chen ,  Juan Coronado ,  Roger Hathorn

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  Lawrence Blount ,  James Chen ,  Juan Coronado ,  Roger Hathorn

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/5016 ,  G06F12/023 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F12/12 ,  Y10S707/99953 ,  Y10S707/99956

摘要： Provided is a method, system, deployment and program for resource allocation unit queuing in which an allocation unit associated with a task is classified. An allocation unit freed as the task ends is queued for use by another task in a queue at a selected location within the queue in accordance with the classification of said allocation unit. In one embodiment, an allocation unit is queued at a first end of the queue if classified in a first class and is queued at a second end of the queue if classified in said second class. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

公开(公告)号：US20060104191A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US10993778

申请日：2004-11-18

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  James Chien-Chiung Chen ,  Chung Man Fung ,  Matthew Kalos ,  Patricia Ching Lu

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  James Chien-Chiung Chen ,  Chung Man Fung ,  Matthew Kalos ,  Patricia Ching Lu

IPC分类号： G11B19/02

CPC分类号： G06F17/30067

摘要： A method is disclosed to transfer information from a first information storage and retrieval system to a second information storage and retrieval system. The method provides a first information storage and retrieval system comprising a first track size and a plurality of first tracks, and a second information storage and retrieval system comprising a second track size and a plurality of second tracks. The method determines if the first track size is greater than the second track size. If the method determines that the first track size is greater than said second track size, then the method sets a ratio (R) equal to the first track size divided by the second track size, provides the (i)th first track from the first information storage and retrieval system to the second information storage and retrieval system, provides (R) second tracks, and maps the (i)th first track onto the (R) second tracks.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种将信息从第一信息存储和检索系统传送到第二信息存储和检索系统的方法。 该方法提供包括第一轨道尺寸和多个第一轨道的第一信息存储和检索系统，以及包括第二轨道尺寸和多个第二轨道的第二信息存储和检索系统。 该方法确定第一轨道尺寸是否大于第二轨道尺寸。 如果该方法确定第一磁迹大小大于所述第二磁道大小，则该方法设置等于第二磁道尺寸的第一磁道尺寸的比率（R），从第一磁道尺寸提供第（i）第一磁道 信息存储和检索系统到第二信息存储和检索系统，提供（R）第二轨道，并将（i）第一轨道映射到（R）第二轨道上。

公开(公告)号：US20060047993A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-02

申请号：US10932774

申请日：2004-09-02

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  Michael Palmer ,  William Verdoorn ,  Andrew Walls

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  Michael Palmer ,  William Verdoorn ,  Andrew Walls

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1076 ,  G06F2211/1007 ,  G06F2211/109

摘要： An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for data error checking and recovery in a data storage device. A redundancy check module creates a redundancy check for data on a data storage device in a SCSI End-to-End Checking Standard environment and a redundancy check storage module stores the redundancy check in a guard associated with the data.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于数据存储设备中的数据错误检查和恢复的装置，系统和方法。 冗余校验模块为SCSI端对端检查标准环境中的数据存储设备上的数据创建冗余校验，并且冗余校验存储模块将冗余校验存储在与数据相关联的保护中。

公开(公告)号：US20060015771A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-19

申请号：US10891743

申请日：2004-07-15

申请人： Steven Van Gundy ,  Michael Benhase ,  Brian Kraemer ,  Richard Ripberger

发明人： Steven Van Gundy ,  Michael Benhase ,  Brian Kraemer ,  Richard Ripberger

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/2094 ,  G06F11/1662 ,  G06F2201/81

摘要： A RAID system employs a storage controller, a primary storage array having a plurality of primary storage units, and a spare storage pool having one or more spare storage units. A method of operating the storage controller in managing the primary storage array and the spare storage pool involves a testing by the storage controller of at least one repair service threshold representative of one or more operational conditions indicative of a necessity to repair at least one of the primary storage array and the spare storage unit, and a selective initiation by the storage controller of a repair service action for repairing one of the primary storage array and the spare storage unit based on the testing of the at least one repair service threshold.

摘要翻译： RAID系统采用存储控制器，具有多个主存储单元的主存储阵列以及具有一个或多个备用存储单元的备用存储池。 操作存储控制器以管理主存储阵列和备用存储池的方法包括由存储控制器测试代表一个或多个操作条件的至少一个维修服务阈值，该操作条件指示维修至少一个 主存储阵列和备用存储单元，以及存储控制器基于所述至少一个修复服务阈值的测试来修复主存储阵列和备用存储单元之一的修复服务动作的选择性启动。

公开(公告)号：US20050210323A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-22

申请号：US10795168

申请日：2004-03-05

申请人： Gary Batchelor ,  Michael Benhase ,  Carl Jones

发明人： Gary Batchelor ,  Michael Benhase ,  Carl Jones

IPC分类号： G06F11/00

CPC分类号： G06F11/1441 ,  G06F11/2015

摘要： A back-up power source and a back-up storage device are utilized to power a processor and a volatile memory device during a primary power failure. An emergency data-storage algorithm is invoked to create a table of modified data analogous to data residing in a non-volatile memory device associated with a different processor. This table of modified data is written to the back-up storage device.

摘要翻译： 在主电源故障期间，利用备用电源和备用存储设备为处理器和易失性存储器件供电。 调用紧急数据存储算法以创建类似于驻留在与不同处理器相关联的非易失性存储器设备中的数据的修改数据表。 修改后的数据表被写入备用存储设备。

公开(公告)号：US20050198446A1

公开(公告)日：2005-09-08

申请号：US10767787

申请日：2004-01-29

申请人： Kevin Ash ,  Michael Benhase

发明人： Kevin Ash ,  Michael Benhase

IPC分类号： G06F12/16 ,  G06F13/28

CPC分类号： G06F11/1441 ,  G06F11/2089

摘要： A method for storing customer data at a non-volatile storage (NVS) at a storage server. A track buffer is maintained for identifying first and second sets of segments that are allocated in the NVS. A flag in the track buffer identifies which of the first and second sets of segments to use for storing customer data for which a write request has been made. The customer data is stored in the NVS in successive commit processes. Following a power loss in the storage server, the NVS uses the track buffer information to identify which of the first and second sets of segments was involved in the current commit process to allow the current commit process to be completed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在存储服务器处的非易失性存储（NVS）存储顾客数据的方法。 维持轨道缓冲器用于识别在NVS中分配的第一和第二组段。 轨道缓冲器中的标志识别要用于存储已经进行写入请求的客户数据的第一和第二组段中的哪一个。 客户数据在连续的提交过程中存储在NVS中。 在存储服务器中断电后，NVS使用跟踪缓冲区信息来识别当前提交进程中涉及的第一和第二段段中的哪一个，以允许完成当前提交进程。

公开(公告)号：US20050060611A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-17

申请号：US10666660

申请日：2003-09-17

申请人： Michael Benhase ,  Susan Candelaria ,  Paul Richards ,  Brian Rinaldi

发明人： Michael Benhase ,  Susan Candelaria ,  Paul Richards ,  Brian Rinaldi

IPC分类号： G06F11/00 ,  G06F11/10

CPC分类号： G06F11/0727 ,  G06F11/0766 ,  G06F11/1004

摘要： An apparatus, method, and system associates an identifier with a data packet. The identifier uniquely identifies a communication module, such as a host interface card, within a data storage system. In operation, a computer host sends a data packet to a server. The communication module receives the data packet and associates an identifier, unique to the communication module, with the data packet. The data packet is stored in a disk array, such as a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system. When the computer host later requests the stored data packet, a validation module, which may be implemented within a PCI adapter such as a host interface card, retrieves the data packet and determines whether the data packet is corrupt. If the data packet is corrupt, the validation module identifies which host interface card corrupted the data with the use of the unique identifier associated with the data packet. The faulty communication module may then be removed from operation in the data storage system.

摘要翻译： 设备，方法和系统将标识符与数据分组相关联。 标识符唯一地标识数据存储系统内的通信模块，例如主机接口卡。 在操作中，计算机主机向服务器发送数据包。 通信模块接收数据分组并将通信模块唯一的标识符与数据分组相关联。 数据包存储在磁盘阵列中，例如独立磁盘冗余阵列（RAID）系统。 当计算机主机稍后请求存储的数据分组时，可以在PCI适配器（例如主机接口卡）内实现的验证模块检索数据分组并确定数据分组是否损坏。 如果数据包损坏，则验证模块使用与数据包相关联的唯一标识符来识别哪个主机接口卡损坏了数据。 然后，故障通信模块可以从数据存储系统中的操作中移除。