Method for writing contiguous arrays of stripes in a RAID storage system using mapped block writes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7930475
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11709697

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A method for storing data on a plurality of storage devices of a storage system is disclosed. The data is received as data blocks from a plurality of write requests. The data blocks are saved as buffered data for writing to the storage devices in a single write request. An indication is received indicating the available storage blocks on the plurality of storage devices which are available for writing. The buffered data is associated with selected storage blocks of the storage blocks which are available for writing. The buffered data is written to the selected storage blocks in a single write request.

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NETAPP INCSAN JOSE CA

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Doucette, Douglas P Freeland, US 32 1184
Kleiman, Steven R Los Altos, US 63 5471
Strange, Stephen H Mountain View, US 34 1314
Sundaram, Rajesh Mountain View, US 143 3554
Viswanathan, Srinivasan Fremont, US 36 1278

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