Cache synchronization in a RAID subsystem using serial attached SCSI and/or serial ATA

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7895464
APP PUB NO 20080229013A1
SERIAL NO

12131329

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A RAID system includes a pair of RAID controllers adapted to operate in active-active mode, each controller including a cache memory and at least one SAS/SATA I/O chip connected to a plurality of hard disk drives. Each SAS/SATA I/O chip includes more SAS/SATA ports than required to carry data to the hard drives. The caches in the respective controllers are synchronized via the extra SAS/SATA ports in each controller.

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  • ADAPTEC, INC.;PMC-SIERRA, INC.

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Lynn, William E Longmont, US 7 35

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