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7499957 Real time backup system for computer users  
This invention involves tracking and backing all the information that a user generates on its computer devices (including embedded devices) in real time. The local user server records all user...
7496785 Enclosure-based raid parity assist  
In a RAID storage system, a parity value is generated. The storage system includes a RAID adapter, a plurality of disk array processors managing corresponding sets of RAID storage drives, and a...
7496784 Method and system for thresholding hardware errors  
A method is provided to protect against ill-behaved microcode by balancing between an actual occurrence of a hardware problem and a microcode bug setting a flag appearing as a hardware problem. In...
7496694 Circuit, systems and methods for monitoring storage controller status  
Circuits, systems and methods for improved monitoring of status of a storage controller in a storage system. A monitoring circuit external to the storage controller is adapted to couple to the...
7496809 Integrated scannable interface for testing memory  
An integrated scannable interface for testing memory. The interface includes a selection device for selecting a signal from at least two input signals responsive to an activation signal, a first...
7493516 Hardware-error tolerant computing  
Embodiments include a computing system, a device, and a method. A computing system includes a processor subsystem having an adjustable operating parameter. The computing system also includes an...
7493485 Structure of embedded memory unit with loader and system structure and operation method for the embedded memory apparatus  
A structure of embedded memory unit with loader comprises a main memory area and an information area as a part of the main memory area. A plurality of loader-program parts is dispersedly stored in...
7492825 Methods and apparatuses for processing data channels  
A system and method for processing an extremely high data rate datastream. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for performing various operations on the datastream in order to map the...
7493350 Entity based configurable data management system and method  
A method and system is provided for configurable articulation of criteria for period archival, deletion, or movement of data from one data storage system to another. A consistent method for...
7490150 Storage system, adapter apparatus, information processing apparatus and method for controlling the information processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus that enables easy identification of the cause of failure. The information processing apparatus has a transfer unit for transferring data between first equipment...
7490262 Method of determining defects in information storage medium, recording/reproducing apparatus using the same, and information storage medium  
A method of determining whether a defect exists on an information storage medium is provided along with a recording/reproducing apparatus using the same. Such a method comprises: seeking a defect...
7490259 Error recovery method for data storage device, data storage device, and magnetic disk storage device  
Embodiments of the invention increase the probability of error recovery in error recovery processing. When a reset command is received during an error recovery procedure (ERP), a timer is started...
7490196 Data backup using both tape and disk storage  
A magnetic tape apparatus for backup stores data provided from a computer on a magnetic tape. A writing circuit writes data provided from the computer on the magnetic tape, and switches a writing...
7490207 System and method for performing auxillary storage operations  
Systems and methods for protecting data in a tiered storage system are provided. The storage system comprises a management server, a media management component connected to the management server, a...
7490259 Error recovery method for data storage device, data storage device, and magnetic disk storage device  
Embodiments of the invention increase the probability of error recovery in error recovery processing. When a reset command is received during an error recovery procedure (ERP), a timer is started...
7487385 Apparatus and method for recovering destroyed data volumes  
In an embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for updating configuration information associated with a data volume. The method reduces the occurrences of updates of saved configuration...
7487289 Apparatus and method for detecting disk write omissions  
In the present invention, for each set of blocks [#(0) to #(N−1)] storing update data, a history block [#(N)] storing an update state value, for example, a generation, time or check code, showing...
7484119 Method, apparatus, computer program and computer program product for adjusting the frequency at which data is backed up  
Disclosed is a method, apparatus, computer program and computer program product for adjusting the frequency at which data is backed up. This involves receiving a target recovery time. A current...
7484116 Apparatus, system, and method for accessing redundant data  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for accessing redundant data. A verification value module calculates a first verification value for a first redundant memory. In addition, the...
7484140 Memory having variable refresh control and method therefor  
A memory ( 10 ) has a memory array ( 12 ), a charge pump ( 18 ), a voltage regulator ( 20 ), a refresh control circuit ( 16 ), and a refresh counter ( 22 ). The charge pump ( 18 ) provides a...
7484065 Selective memory allocation  
Methodology, systems and media associated with selectively allocating memory are described. One exemplary method embodiment comprises receiving a quality data that identifies the quality of one or...
7483926 Production server to data protection server mapping  
A method and system for backing up and restoring data of production servers. A mapping that maps volumes of production servers to volumes of a data protection server is maintained on the data...
7484135 Semiconductor device having a mode of functional test  
A semiconductor device includes a circuit block; a first signal path for guiding a test signal to a signal input terminal of the circuit block; a second signal path for guiding a test clock to a...
7480780 Highly available external storage system  
An information system includes a primary storage system (PSS), a host, an external storage system (ESS), and a management host. The PSS uses virtual devices to treat logical devices in the ESS as...
7480831 Method and apparatus for recovering from a failed I/O controller in an information handling system  
An information handling system includes first and second I/O controllers, a detector for detecting an I/O controller failure, and an I/O recovery unit. The first I/O controller adaptively controls...
7480829 Method, system and computer program product for recovery of formatting in repair of bad sectors in flash memory  
A method for correcting a formatting error in a flash memory is disclosed. An error in a first formatting of a first flash memory is discovered, and a second formatting is extracted from a second...
7478267 Access control device and interface installed in same  
The access control device comprises a first interface (IF) which receives access requests from a host device, and a second IF which respectively accesses one or a plurality of access destination...
7478268 Deallocation of memory in a logically-partitioned computer  
A method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable storage medium that, in an embodiment, set uncorrectable error indicators in logical memory blocks in response to detecting an uncorrectable error...
7478266 Method and apparatus for fast transaction commit over unreliable networks  
An electronic controller for conducting trusted lightweight e-commerce transactions. A trusted transactional cache and the associated transactional protocol allow e-commerce transactions to be...
7478265 Error recovery for input/output operations  
Method, system, and apparatus for executing input/output operations. The method including selecting a level of error recovery for input/output operations, receiving a request to execute the...
7478271 Method for recycling flash memory  
A method for recycling a flash memory includes rearranging the capacity of cells, centralizing bad sectors at a cell, labeling the cell as a useless cell, examining the bad sectors in each cell of...
7478270 Information processing device and information processing method for data recovery after failure  
An information processing device and information processing method including a management table that includes three pages. A pair of first and second pages is alternately used as a valid page and...
7475186 System and method for persistent RAM disk  
The contents of a RAM disk are copied to an image file in nonvolatile memory on power-down and copied back on reboot to provide an appearance of persistence. A locking method can use in-use tables...
7475277 Automated repair of damaged objects  
A virtual data storage system includes a device emulator and a storage system for storing data to a plurality of physical devices in accordance with storage management policies. The data received...
7475206 Method for hierarchical control of data migration in a storage system  
A method of selecting logical volumes that are the targets for data migration to equilibrate the load on a system, based on the accessing data of the physical drives and logical drives under the...
7475280 Active-active server for high availability of data replication management application  
This presentation allows for two or more storage management servers to be in an active high availability (HA) state for the same set of storage devices and copy services relationships; rather than...
7475276 Method for maintaining track data integrity in magnetic disk storage devices  
Techniques for detection of impending data errors in a mass storage system, such as a track squeeze problem in an electromagnetic disk drive, and then repairing the impending problem, such as by...
7472307 Recovery operations in storage networks  
Exemplary storage network architectures, data architectures, and methods for creating and using snapdifference files in storage networks are described. One exemplary method may be implemented in a...
7472211 Blade server switch module using out-of-band signaling to detect the physical location of an active drive enclosure device  
A system for communication between components in a computer storage system includes a drive enclosure device having a plurality of disk drives. A switch module is electrically coupled to the drive...
7469325 Storage system and storage system data migration method  
This storage system modifies the migration plan in accordance with the state of the migration destination when a plurality of volumes are migrated all at once. Migration-source volumes are migrated...
7469360 Method and apparatus for testing a memory device  
Disclosed is a method for testing a memory device with a long-term clock signal by automatically performing precharge only after activation. In this method, a signal for precharging the banks of...
7467258 Storage virtualizer and computer system using the same  
The storage virtualizer does not repeatedly switch a path used by a host computer when failure occurs in a path between a physical storage unit and a virtual storage unit. The storage virtualizer...
7467324 Method and apparatus for continuing to provide processing on disk outages  
A system and method for continuing to provide processing in a processing system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a processing system is provided comprising a secondary storage device, a memory, a...
7467276 System and method for automatic root volume creation  
A system and method automatically generates a root volume for use by a storage operating system of a storage system. During initialization of the storage system, the storage operating system...
7467329 Method of estimating storage system reliability  
An embodiment of a method of estimating storage system reliability begins with a first step of modeling a storage system design in operation under a workload to determine location of retrieval...
7463562 Method of recording temporary defect list on write-once recording medium, method of reproducing the temporary defect list, recording and/or reproducing apparatus, and the write-once recording medium  
A method of recording a temporary defect list on a write-once recording medium, a method of reproducing the temporary defect list, an apparatus for recording and/or reproducing the temporary defect...
7464233 Data input/output method in information processing system, and information processing system  
An input/output method is provided which assures data consistency of a file spreading over a plurality of logically significant volumes or files distributed among a plurality of volumes. A storage...
7461308 Method for testing semiconductor chips by means of bit masks  
A method for testing semiconductor chips is disclosed. In one embodiment, a chip to be tested which has a test logic, at least one test mode is set, the test modes are executed in the chip and test...
7461225 Storage system and replication creation method thereof  
In a storage system having a plurality of control units each connected with a plurality of disk units, it is provided that a replication is created in the volume of the disk units connected to...
7454676 Method for testing semiconductor chips using register sets  
A method for testing semiconductor chips having a test logic unit includes: providing a chip having n different register sets, each of which has m different registers that are subdivided into m...