Abstract: The present invention relates to RAID arrays with one or more dedicated parity disks. In particular, it relates to expandable RAID arrays. An expansion disk can be added to a RAID array without the need of redistributing striped data among disks.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 28, 2005
Publication date:
August 31, 2006
Applicant:
Infrant Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Paul Tien, Wei Gao, Zhiqiang Zeng, Alex Win, Yasuaki Hagiwara