Location-independent RAID group virtual block management

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7660966
APP PUB NO 20060271734A1
SERIAL NO

11497590

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A storage operating system is configured to assign volume block numbers (VBNs) to a volume. The system has a plurality of disks, and each disk of the plurality of disks is assigned disk block numbers (DBNs). A raidmap is configured to map the VBNs to the DBNs of the plurality of physical disks, the mapping for a particular disk stored in a disk label for the particular disk. The disk label for the particular disk is then written to the particular disk.

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  • NETAPP, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doucette, Douglas P Freeland, US 31 1149
Schoenthal, Scott San Ramon, US 28 949
Strange, Stephen H Mountain View, US 34 1189
Viswanathan, Srinivasan Fremont, US 36 1252

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