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OwnerKevin Kidney, Brian D. McKean +1inventors
InventorsKevin Kidney, Brian D. McKean, Ross Zwisler
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The present invention is a method for utilizing mirroring in a data storage system to promote improved data accessibility and improved system efficiency. The method includes establishing a first set of drives of the system in active mode and a second set of drives of the system in passive mode (ex.—a lower power mode). The method further includes writing a first portion of data to a first drive of the first drive set, and writing a copy of the first portion of data to a second drive of the first drive set. A third drive (ex.—from the second drive set), may be activated from passive mode to active mode. The method may further include writing a second copy of the first data portion to the third drive, re-establishing the third drive in passive mode, and deleting the copy of the first data portion from the second drive.
A method for utilizing mirroring in a data storage system to promote improved data accessibility and improved system efficiency, comprising:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for utilizing data mirroring in a data storage system to promote improved data accessibility and improved system efficiency, said method comprising:
A data storage system, comprising:
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