Apparatus and method for providing very large virtual storage volumes using redundant arrays of disks

A very large virtual storage volume formed by distributing disks in multiple, multi-disk RAID (redundant array of independent disks) sets across busses of a back-end controller. The multiple RAID sets are striped by a front-end controller connected to the back-end controller and presented to a host...

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Hauptverfasser: OAKEY ROGER, WORKMAN KAREN E, ELKINGTON SUSAN G, SICOLA STEPHEN, GOLDEN GERALD L, BRUNING, III THEODORE E, MARKS RANDAL S, MARTENS BERT, JOHNSON RYAN J, HODGES JULIA A, LARY RICHARD F, YANDELL JESSE
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Zusammenfassung:A very large virtual storage volume formed by distributing disks in multiple, multi-disk RAID (redundant array of independent disks) sets across busses of a back-end controller. The multiple RAID sets are striped by a front-end controller connected to the back-end controller and presented to a host computer as a very large virtual storage volume.