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7565568 Method and system for virtualization switch failover  
A method and system for virtualization switch failover is disclosed. According one embodiment of the present invention, a failure of a first virtualization device within storage a area network...
7565570 Disk array device and path failure detection method thereof  
This disk array device includes a first control unit connected to a host system via a first path through which data is transmitted and received, a second control unit connected to the host system...
7565575 Selecting optimal repair strategy for mirrored files  
This document describes solutions to reduce the time of reduced data redundancy following transient disk failures that do not corrupt the disk. Beneficially, these solutions provide a way to...
7562187 Laser drivers that provide double buffering of serial transfers  
Double buffering of serial transfers is provided in order to allow for increased serial transfer rate without requiring increased internal processing speeds. A laser driver serial controller...
7552362 Bridge, error notification method therefor and system  
In a bridge which connects between an expansion bus of a primary system and that of a secondary system, a local error such as an expansion bus error and CPU hang-up which occurs in the secondary...
7549079 System and method of configuring a database system with replicated data and automatic failover and recovery  
A graphical user interface based method of configuring automatic failover from a primary database system to a standby database system that is coupled to the primary database system by a network....
7549092 Output controller with test unit  
There is provided an output controller with a test unit, which can test an appropriate delay amount according to an operating frequency under a real situation. The output controller includes an...
7549112 Unique response for puncture drive media error  
A system and method for identifying physical blocks marked as logically “bad” or “punctured” during a drive rebuild process enabling the information handling system to process these blocks...
7546491 Semiconductor memory device with standby current failure judging function and method for judging standby current failure  
A semiconductor memory device which a pad for receiving a power voltage, a first power line connected to the pad, and a plurality of second power lines respectively connected to memory cells of a...
7546482 Method and apparatus for monitoring the storage of data in a computer system  
One aspect is directed to a method for storing, in a persistent manner, a state of the storage process such that the state of the storage operation may be recovered if the storage operation is...
7543177 Methods and systems for a storage system  
A storage system that may include one or more memory sections, one or more switches, and a management system. The memory sections include memory devices and a section controller capable of...
7543096 Safe message transfers on PCI-Express link from RAID controller to receiver-programmable window of partner RAID controller CPU memory  
A fault-tolerant mass storage system includes two RAID controllers that communicate via a PCI-Express link. Each controller has a bus bridge coupled to the link, a cache memory that caches user...
7539894 Method for accessing data of defected optical disk  
A method for accessing data in an optical disk with a drive. The drive has a memory. The optical disk has data blocks for recording data, and spare blocks for replacing defect data blocks. The...
7536584 Fault-isolating SAS expander  
A SAS expander includes SAS PHYs for transceiving signals with SAS devices on corresponding SAS links coupled to the SAS PHYs. The SAS expander includes status registers that provide fault...
7536614 Built-in-redundancy analysis using RAM  
A method for testing memory in an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The method includes executing a test routine in a portion of the memory at a speed sufficient to fully test the memory...
7536585 Method of estimating storage system availability  
An embodiment of a method of estimating storage system availability begins with a first step of modeling a storage system design in operation under a workload to determine location of retrieval...
7536588 Method for servicing storage devices in a bladed storage subsystem  
A bladed storage servicing system comprising a RAID layout facilitates the removal of one or more functional storage devices in a tray of the bladed storage subsystem in order to service a failed...
7536596 Remotely controlled channel emulator for testing of mainframe peripherals  
A method and a system to emulate a mainframe data channel for testing and diagnostics of mainframe peripheral devices and for remote control and configuration of the testing and diagnostics. The...
7536583 Technique for timeline compression in a data store  
A technique for timeline compression in a data store is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for timeline compression in a storage system,...
7533310 Semiconductor memory test device and method thereof  
A semiconductor memory test device and method thereof are provided. The example semiconductor memory test device may include a fail memory configured to store at least one test result of a memory...
7533308 Semiconductor test system  
The semiconductor test system comprises a test device for testing semiconductor devices including redundant circuits to obtain fail information of defective parts of the semiconductor devices; a...
7533303 Method and system for performing system-level correction of memory errors  
A method and system for correcting errors in a memory subsystem in a computer system. Occurrence of correctable memory errors are monitored and a determination is made whether the risk of an...
7529965 Program, storage control method, and storage system  
In case an error statistics of one of the disk drives exceeds a predetermined threshold, the disk is determined as a suspect disk drive. A recovery mode is set successively. During the time when a...
7529967 Method and system for network storage device failure protection and recovery  
A method for executing a write request in a clustered computing environment, comprising a plurality of computers connected in a network, including at least one client computer accessing data blocks...
7529964 Data duplication method in a disaster recovery system  
A recovery of a secondary DB is executed by a log including a update difference of a primary DB, and a command is executed by adding the command to the log and analyzing the log by a secondary...
7529972 Methods and apparatus for reconfiguring a storage system  
One embodiment relates to a computer system comprising at least one host, at least one object addressable storage (OAS) system and at least one communication medium that couples the at least one...
7526667 Error reporting and correcting method for peripheral  
An error reporting and correcting method applied to a peripheral. The peripheral can be connected to the user terminal via the network. In the error reporting and correcting method, an error record...
7523343 Real-time file system repairs  
A file system enables the real-time correction of detected corruptions to on-disk data. An enhancement to a file system responds in real time to file system corruptions detected on a running...
7519869 Control of storage system using disk drive device having self-check function  
Operation information related to at least one of an operating state of a disk drive device and an operating history of the disk drive device is obtained, and timing of the instruction to execute...
7516365 System and method for split hardware transactions  
A split hardware transaction may split an atomic block of code to be executed using multiple hardware transactions, while logically taking effect as a single atomic transaction. A split hardware...
7516352 Isolating a drive from disk array for diagnostic operations  
A storage system includes a RAID adapter, disk array switches, sub-processors, and hard disk drives (HDDs). The system permits the isolation of a suspected faulty HDD to allow diagnostics to be...
7516366 System and method for executing nested atomic blocks using split hardware transactions  
Split hardware transaction techniques may support execution of serial and parallel nesting of code within an atomic block to an arbitrary nesting depth. An atomic block including child code...
7512725 Generating a data stream from cartridge controllers using a plurality of measurement cartridges  
System and method for controlling cartridges to perform industrial operation(s). The system may include cartridge controllers coupled to the cartridges, timing and data routing logic coupled to the...
7512833 Universal imaging utility program  
A method and program for setting up a Master computer for imaging a computer hard drive from one hardware platform to a second, dissimilar hardware platform is disclosed. The program will be...
7512736 System and method for adaptive raid configuration  
One embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of determining the optimal RAID level to implement for a given disk drive array, and to the extent applicable, making unallocated disk...
7512668 Message-oriented middleware server instance failover  
A system and method are provided for failover of a Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) server instance in an MOM provider having multiple MOM server instances. In an embodiment, a first server node...
7512847 Method for estimating and reporting the life expectancy of flash-disk memory  
A method for managing a memory device, a memory device so managed and a system that includes such a memory device. A value of a longevity parameter of the device is monitored after a data operation...
7512830 Management module failover across multiple blade center chassis  
A method and system for a failover management module for a server blade chassis. A virtual out-of-band network connects management modules in different server blade chassis. Upon a detection of a...
7509523 Storage system with cascaded copy targeting and enhanced integrity  
A storage controller includes an interface to host computer apparatus and an interface to a plurality of controlled storage apparatus. The storage controller comprises a host write component...
7509545 Method and system for testing memory modules  
A method and system for testing memory modules is disclosed. The system includes a memory module and a connector configured to receive the module. The memory module is configured to operate in two...
7509521 Memory dump generation with quick reboot  
A method and system for writing a data image in the main memory of a computer to a secondary storage device minimizes delay in performing a required reboot. Prior to the reboot, a portion of the...
7509522 Removable storage device and method of data recovery using the same  
Provided are a portable storage device and a method of data recovery using the same, in which when the integrity of the recorded data is damaged, the integrity of the recorded data can be easily...
7509524 Systems and methods for a distributed file system with data recovery  
The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system...
7509445 Adapting a plurality of measurement cartridges using cartridge controllers  
System and method for controlling cartridges to perform industrial operation(s). The system may include cartridge controllers coupled to the cartridges, timing and data routing logic coupled to the...
7506198 Protection and recovery system and automatic hard disk drive (HDD) instant recovery  
A hard disk drive protection and recovery system permits recovery even if the operating system (e.g., MS-Windows, etc.) has crashed, failed, or been disabled/tampered with. If the recovery hardware...
7505890 Hard disk drive emulator  
A hard disk drive (HDD) emulator comprises a dynamic random access memory, a controller that refreshes content of the dynamic random access memory, and an input/output port coupled to the...
7506226 System and method for more efficiently using error correction codes to facilitate memory device testing  
A memory device includes an ECC and test circuit. In a normal mode, the circuit performs ECC conventional functions. In a test mode, the least significant bit of received data is used to generate...
7502954 High availability data storage system  
A data storage system includes a disk drive array including a plurality of disk drives; a first storage processor for controlling the operation of the data storage system; a second storage...
7502960 Method and apparatus for managing access to volumes of storage  
One embodiment is directed to a method in a computer system including a host computer and at least one storage system including first and second storage volumes, the host computer including at...
7500105 Hybrid encoding of data transmissions in a security system  
A security system in which wireless transmitting security devices use a hybrid or dual encoding methodology, wherein a first part of a data message is encoded in a return-to-zero (RZ) format and a...