公开(公告)号：US20090080100A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US12283731

申请日：2008-09-12

申请人： Takahiro Saito ,  Kazunari Tsuchimoto ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

发明人： Takahiro Saito ,  Kazunari Tsuchimoto ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

IPC分类号： G11B5/09

CPC分类号： G11B20/1258 ,  G11B5/59644 ,  G11B20/22 ,  G11B2020/10916 ,  G11B2020/1238 ,  G11B2020/1244 ,  G11B2020/1292 ,  G11B2020/1294 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention help to improve the capacity and the performance of a disk drive device. According to one embodiment, a data track pitch is set to each recording surface. The recording surfaces are divided into bands. A hard disk drive (HDD) sequentially moves a head to an adjacent data track in a band and performs a head switch at the band end in its data accessing. On a recording surface, the number of data tracks in each band is variable; and each band is constituted by different number of data tracks as necessary. The number of data tracks in each band is set so that the radial position of the band end comes close to the radial position of the corresponding band end on another recording surface. Accordingly, even if the recording surfaces have different variation rates of the data track pitch in the radial direction, increase in process time due to head switches can be suppressed.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例有助于提高磁盘驱动装置的容量和性能。 根据一个实施例，将数据轨道间距设置到每个记录表面。 记录表面被分成带。 硬盘驱动器（HDD）顺序地将磁头移动到频带中的相邻数据磁道，并在其数据访问中在频带端执行磁头切换。 在记录表面上，每个频带中的数据轨迹数是可变的; 并且每个频带由必要的不同数量的数据轨道构成。 每个带中的数据轨道的数量被设置为使得带端的径向位置接近另一个记录表面上相应带端的径向位置。 因此，即使记录面在径向方向上具有不同的数据磁道间距的变化率，也可以抑制由磁头开关引起的处理时间的增加。

公开(公告)号：US08009376B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-30

申请号：US12283731

申请日：2008-09-12

申请人： Takahiro Saito ,  Kazunari Tsuchimoto ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

发明人： Takahiro Saito ,  Kazunari Tsuchimoto ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

IPC分类号： G11B5/09

CPC分类号： G11B20/1258 ,  G11B5/59644 ,  G11B20/22 ,  G11B2020/10916 ,  G11B2020/1238 ,  G11B2020/1244 ,  G11B2020/1292 ,  G11B2020/1294 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention help to improve the capacity and the performance of a disk drive device. According to one embodiment, a data track pitch is set to each recording surface. The recording surfaces are divided into bands. A hard disk drive (HDD) sequentially moves a head to an adjacent data track in a band and performs a head switch at the band end in its data accessing. On a recording surface, the number of data tracks in each band is variable; and each band is constituted by different number of data tracks as necessary. The number of data tracks in each band is set so that the radial position of the band end comes close to the radial position of the corresponding band end on another recording surface. Accordingly, even if the recording surfaces have different variation rates of the data track pitch in the radial direction, increase in process time due to head switches can be suppressed.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例有助于提高磁盘驱动装置的容量和性能。 根据一个实施例，将数据轨道间距设置到每个记录表面。 记录表面被分成带。 硬盘驱动器（HDD）顺序地将磁头移动到频带中的相邻数据磁道，并在其数据访问中在频带端执行磁头切换。 在记录表面上，每个频带中的数据轨迹数是可变的; 并且每个频带由必要的不同数量的数据轨道构成。 每个带中的数据轨道的数量被设置为使得带端的径向位置接近另一个记录表面上相应带端的径向位置。 因此，即使记录面在径向方向上具有不同的数据磁道间距的变化率，也可以抑制由磁头开关引起的处理时间的增加。

公开(公告)号：US20060153033A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-13

申请号：US11317029

申请日：2005-12-22

申请人： Takahiro Saito ,  Takayuki Yamaguchi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Hiromi Kobayashi

发明人： Takahiro Saito ,  Takayuki Yamaguchi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Hiromi Kobayashi

IPC分类号： G11B7/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/10527 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0676 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G11B5/09 ,  G11B2020/10666 ,  G11B2020/10722 ,  G11B2020/10759 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： Embodiments of the invention improve the cache hit ratio of read data. A hard disk drive (HDD) according to an embodiment of the present invention determines whether the read buffer should be used in its entirety or the partial continuous space should be used to read read-data from the magnetic disk. When the HDD determines use of the partial continuous space, the HDD specifies the sub-buffer which is a continuous space wherein the leading-end position and the trailing-end position are coupled to each other, and executes data writing to the sub-buffer in parallel with data reading from the sub-buffer and transmission thereof to the host. The sub-buffer capacity coincides with the data length of the back data.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提高读取数据的高速缓存命中率。 根据本发明的实施例的硬盘驱动器（HDD）确定读缓冲器是否应被整体使用，或者部分连续空间应用于从磁盘读取读取数据。 当HDD确定使用部分连续空间时，HDD指定作为连续空间的子缓冲器，其中前端位置和后端位置彼此耦合，并且执行对子缓冲器的数据写入 与从子缓冲器的数据读取并将其传输到主机并行。 子缓冲器容量与背面数据的数据长度一致。

公开(公告)号：US07373460B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-13

申请号：US11271397

申请日：2005-11-10

申请人： Hiromi Kobayashi ,  Hirofumi Saitoh ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Tadahisa Kawa ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

发明人： Hiromi Kobayashi ,  Hirofumi Saitoh ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Tadahisa Kawa ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

IPC分类号： G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0676

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide a media drive capable of improving command processing performance by, when a plurality of commands is queued, shortening seek time and rotational latency, and also effectively making use of the shortened period of time. In one embodiment, a HDD includes a queue capable of storing a plurality of commands, and a queue manager for optimizing the execution order of the plurality of commands on the basis of whether or not the execution of each command requires access to a medium. The queue manager determines the execution order so that medium access processing of accessing a disk for execution, and data transfer processing of transferring data between the HDD and a host, are executed in parallel with each other. For example, read processing and transfer processing are executed in parallel with each other. The read processing is adaptive to read out a read command, data of which does not exist in the cache, from the disk into the cache. The transfer processing is adaptive to transfer a read command, data of which exists in the cache, to the host.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供一种媒体驱动器，其能够通过在多个命令排队时缩短查找时间和旋转等待时间，并且还有效地利用缩短的时间段来改善命令处理性能。 在一个实施例中，HDD包括能够存储多个命令的队列，以及队列管理器，用于根据每个命令的执行是否需要访问介质来优化多个命令的执行顺序。 队列管理器确定执行顺序，使得访问用于执行的盘的介质访问处理以及在HDD和主机之间传送数据的数据传送处理彼此并行执行。 例如，读取处理和传送处理彼此并行地执行。 读取处理自适应地读出缓存中不存在其数据的读取命令从盘到高速缓存。 传输处理适应于将缓存中存在的数据的读取命令传送到主机。

公开(公告)号：US20060129716A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11285909

申请日：2005-11-23

申请人： Takahiro Saito ,  Takayuki Yamaguchi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Shuhji Yamada

发明人： Takahiro Saito ,  Takayuki Yamaguchi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Shuhji Yamada

IPC分类号： G06F5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0676

摘要： Embodiments of the invention reduce the host's wait time by controlling buffer for a data storage device. In a hard disk drive (HDD) disclosed herein, after write data from a host is stored in a write buffer, the size of a continuous free space left forward from the end position of the stored write data is detected. If the size is smaller than a criterion size, that is, the size is not large enough to store the next command's write data, the write buffer is searched for a continuous free space not smaller than the criterion size. If a continuous free space not smaller than the criterion size is detected, the HDD sets a write pointer to the continuous free space. This makes it possible to receive the next write data from the host and therefore reduce the host's wait time.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例通过控制数据存储设备的缓冲器来减少主机的等待时间。 在本文所公开的硬盘驱动器（HDD）中，在将来自主机的写入数据存储在写入缓冲器中之后，检测从存储的写入数据的结束位置向前留下的连续自由空间的大小。 如果尺寸小于标准尺寸，也就是说，尺寸不够大，不足以存储下一个命令的写入数据，则搜索写入缓冲区以获得不小于标准尺寸的连续可用空间。 如果检测到不小于标准尺寸的连续可用空间，则HDD设置到连续可用空间的写指针。 这使得可以从主机接收下一个写入数据，从而减少主机的等待时间。

公开(公告)号：US07320050B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-15

申请号：US11031494

申请日：2005-01-07

申请人： Hiromi Kobayashi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Takahiro Saito

发明人： Hiromi Kobayashi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Takahiro Saito

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0676

摘要： Embodiments of the invention raise the performance of a HDD by controlling the timing of notifying of command completion. In one embodiment, transmission of command completion notifications to a host is managed by a host interface manager. If two data write addresses respectively for two queued commands are adjacent or near to each other, that is, these addresses on the magnetic disk can be accessed without rotational latency, the host interface manager postpones the transmission of a command completion notification (X) concerning the first write command (X). Two command completion notifications (X) and (Y) are performed at a time after the write data (Y) for the next command is transmitted and its write to the medium is completed.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例通过控制指令完成通知的定时来提高HDD的性能。 在一个实施例中，主机接口管理器管理向主机发送命令完成通知。 如果两个排队命令的两个数据写入地址彼此相邻或相邻，也就是磁盘上的这些地址可以无转动等待时间被访问，主机接口管理器推迟发送命令完成通知（X） 第一个写命令（X）。 在发送下一个命令的写入数据（Y）并且其对介质的写入完成之后的时刻执行两个命令完成通知（X）和（Y）。

公开(公告)号：US06629200B1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-30

申请号：US09687270

申请日：2000-10-13

申请人： Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Hideo Asano ,  Akira Kibashi ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Keiji Kobayashi

发明人： Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Hideo Asano ,  Akira Kibashi ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Keiji Kobayashi

IPC分类号： G06F1208

CPC分类号： G06F12/0897 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G06F2212/311 ,  G06F2212/312

摘要： A system and method are provided that reduce the amount of data held commonly in both high-ranking and low-ranking cache memories, thereby having each of those cache memories hold data more efficiently. More particularly, a computer system is provided with an HDC card 21 connected to an expansion bus 20 and an HDD unit 22 connected to the HDC card 21. The HDC card 21 is provided with a disk cache (high-ranking cache memory) and the HDD unit 22 is provided with a disk cache 54 (low-ranking cache memory). The HDC card 21 and the HDD unit 22 exchange select information for selecting a swap mode of each cache memory when the system is started up, thereby selecting different swap modes according to the exchanged select information respectively.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种系统和方法，其减少了高级和低级高速缓存存储器中共同保存的数据量，从而使这些高速缓冲存储器中的每一个更有效地保存数据。 更具体地，计算机系统设置有连接到扩展总线20的HDC卡21和连接到HDC卡21的HDD单元22.HDC卡21设置有磁盘高速缓存（高级缓存存储器），并且 HDD单元22设置有盘缓存54（低级缓存存储器）。 当系统启动时，HDC卡21和HDD单元22交换用于选择每个高速缓冲存储器的交换模式的选择信息，从而分别根据所交换的选择信息来选择不同的交换模式。

公开(公告)号：US07451261B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-11

申请号：US11317029

申请日：2005-12-22

申请人： Takahiro Saito ,  Takayuki Yamaguchi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Hiromi Kobayashi

发明人： Takahiro Saito ,  Takayuki Yamaguchi ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Hiromi Kobayashi

IPC分类号： G06F12/00 ,  G06F5/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/10527 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0676 ,  G06F12/0866 ,  G11B5/09 ,  G11B2020/10666 ,  G11B2020/10722 ,  G11B2020/10759 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： Embodiments of the invention improve the cache hit ratio of read data. A hard disk drive (HDD) according to an embodiment of the present invention determines whether the read buffer should be used in its entirety or the partial continuous space should be used to read read-data from the magnetic disk. When the HDD determines use of the partial continuous space, the HDD specifies the sub-buffer which is a continuous space wherein the leading-end position and the trailing-end position are coupled to each other, and executes data writing to the sub-buffer in parallel with data reading from the sub-buffer and transmission thereof to the host. The sub-buffer capacity coincides with the data length of the back data.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提高读取数据的高速缓存命中率。 根据本发明的实施例的硬盘驱动器（HDD）确定读缓冲器是否应被整体使用，或者部分连续空间应用于从磁盘读取读取数据。 当HDD确定使用部分连续空间时，HDD指定作为连续空间的子缓冲器，其中前端位置和后端位置彼此耦合，并且执行对子缓冲器的数据写入 与从子缓冲器的数据读取并将其传输到主机并行。 子缓冲器容量与背面数据的数据长度一致。

公开(公告)号：US20060106980A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-18

申请号：US11271397

申请日：2005-11-10

申请人： Hiromi Kobayashi ,  Hirofumi Saitoh ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Tadahisa Kawa ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

发明人： Hiromi Kobayashi ,  Hirofumi Saitoh ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Tadahisa Kawa ,  Atsushi Kanamaru

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/0659 ,  G06F3/0611 ,  G06F3/0656 ,  G06F3/0676

摘要： Embodiments of the present invention provide a media drive capable of improving command processing performance by, when a plurality of commands is queued, shortening seek time and rotational latency, and also effectively making use of the shortened period of time. In one embodiment, a HDD includes a queue capable of storing a plurality of commands, and a queue manager for optimizing the execution order of the plurality of commands on the basis of whether or not the execution of each command requires access to a medium. The queue manager determines the execution order so that medium access processing of accessing a disk for execution, and data transfer processing of transferring data between the HDD and a host, are executed in parallel with each other. For example, read processing and transfer processing are executed in parallel with each other. The read processing is adaptive to read out a read command, data of which does not exist in the cache, from the disk into the cache. The transfer processing is adaptive to transfer a read command, data of which exists in the cache, to the host.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供一种媒体驱动器，其能够通过在多个命令排队时缩短查找时间和旋转等待时间，并且还有效地利用缩短的时间段来改善命令处理性能。 在一个实施例中，HDD包括能够存储多个命令的队列，以及队列管理器，用于根据每个命令的执行是否需要访问介质来优化多个命令的执行顺序。 队列管理器确定执行顺序，使得访问用于执行的盘的介质访问处理以及在HDD和主机之间传送数据的数据传送处理彼此并行执行。 例如，读取处理和传送处理彼此并行地执行。 读取处理自适应地读出缓存中不存在其数据的读取命令从盘到高速缓存。 传输处理适应于将缓存中存在的数据的读取命令传送到主机。

公开(公告)号：US06721854B1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-13

申请号：US09698344

申请日：2000-10-27

申请人： Hideo Asano ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Kelvin Kao ,  Akira Kibashi ,  Koichi Kushida ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Chi-Chen Wu ,  Daniel James Colegrove

发明人： Hideo Asano ,  Atsushi Kanamaru ,  Kelvin Kao ,  Akira Kibashi ,  Koichi Kushida ,  Takahiro Saito ,  Chi-Chen Wu ,  Daniel James Colegrove

IPC分类号： G06F1200

CPC分类号： G06F13/387 ,  G06F12/0866

摘要： An external controller performs a thorough analysis and prediction on true requests from an application to issue a look-ahead request to an HDD or other auxiliary storage. An HDC card is connected to an HDD device which stores data and has a cache memory. The HDC card, which controls the HDD device, includes an access request tracer for tracing a true access request made by an application program executed by a host directly from the application program, a speculation request determination section for determining a speculation request to be expected later based on the traced true access request, and an HDC for issuing the determined speculation request to the HDD device.

摘要翻译： 外部控制器对来自应用程序的真实请求进行彻底的分析和预测，以向HDD或其他辅助存储器发出预先请求。 HDC卡连接到存储数据并具有高速缓冲存储器的HDD设备。 控制HDD设备的HDC卡包括用于跟踪由应用程序直接由主机执行的应用程序所做的真实访问请求的访问请求跟踪器，用于确定稍后期望的推测请求的推测请求确定部分 基于跟踪的真实访问请求，以及用于将确定的推测请求发布到HDD设备的HDC。