Semi-static distribution technique

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7185144
APP PUB NO 20050114594A1
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10720364

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A semi-static distribution technique distributes parity across disks of an array. According to the technique, parity is distributed (assigned) across the disks of the array in a manner that maintains a fixed pattern of parity blocks among the stripes of the disks. When one or more disks are added to the array, the semi-static technique redistributes parity in a way that does not require recalculation of parity or moving of any data blocks. Notably, the parity information is not actually moved; the technique merely involves a change in the assignment (or reservation) for some of the parity blocks of each pre-existing disk to the newly added disk.

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Corbett, Peter F Lexington, MA 76 3626
English, Robert M Menlo Park, CA 65 4535
Kleiman, Steven R Los Altos, CA 63 5471

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