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US 8,499,198 B1Granted
Testing data storage devices running different versions of an operating system
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsCarl R. Messenger, Karsten C. Strecke
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Abstract
A data storage device (DSD) test system is disclosed comprising a first DSD tester operable to download a first version of an operating system to a first DSD and execute a first test on the first DSD, and a second DSD tester operable to download a second version of the operating system to a second DSD and execute a second test on the second DSD while the first DSD tester is executing the first test on the first DSD.
Claims20
A data storage device (DSD) test system comprising:
- a first DSD tester operable to download a first version of an operating system to a first DSD and execute a first test on the first DSD;
- and
- a second DSD tester operable to download a second version of the operating system to a second DSD and execute a second test on the second DSD while the first DSD tester is executing the first test on the first DSD.
A method of operating a data storage device (DSD) test system comprising the steps of:
- downloading a first version of an operating system to a first DSD and executing a first test on the first DSD;
- and
- downloading a second version of the operating system to a second DSD and executing a second test on the second DSD while a first DSD tester is executing the first test on the first DSD.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.