Abstract: A RAID controller is provided for each host sharing a RAID. Each RAID controller can determine whether another host is sharing the RAID and assume a master or slave status with respect to rebuild operations for the shared disk. The master controller may then manage any rebuild operations on rebuild disks within the RAID.

Abstract: A RAID controller is provided for each host sharing a RAID. Each RAID controller can determine whether another host is sharing the RAID and assume a master or slave status with respect to rebuild operations for the shared disk. The master controller may then manage any rebuild operations on rebuild disks within the RAID.

Abstract: A RAID controller is provided for each host sharing a RAID. Each RAID controller can determine whether another host is sharing the RAID and assume a master or slave status with respect to rebuild operations for the shared disk. The master controller may then manage any rebuild operations on rebuild disks within the RAID.

Abstract: An information handling system may include a cluster. The cluster may comprise at least a first node and a second node. The first node may include a first shared disk mapping driver and a second node may include a second shared disk mapping driver. The first node and the second node may be in communication with one or more shared storage disks and the shared disk mapping driver may be configured to communicate with the second shared disk mapping driver for assigning a common device name to the shared storage disks.

Abstract: Electronic component (1; 20) has at least one stack (2; 21, 23) with at least two semiconductor chips (8, 9; 32, 33; 42, 43). Each semiconductor chip (8, 9; 32, 33; 42, 43) includes an active surface including integrated circuits (11; 35) and chip contact pads (10; 34) at least one being a ground cell (13; 37) and a passive surface. The electronic component (1; 20) further includes at least one intermediate spacer (14; 38; 44) with a thermally conductive and electrically conductive material. The intermediate spacer block (14; 38; 44) is positioned between the active surface of a semiconductor chip (9; 33; 43) and the passive surface of an adjacent semiconductor chip (8; 32; 42) in the stack (2; 21, 23). The intermediate spacer (14; 38; 44) and the ground cells (13; 37) of the semiconductor chips (9; 33; 43) are electrically connected and have a common ground.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package is proposed in which a laminar substrate 41 is provided with an aperture 43. A heat-spreader member 1 is mounted to cover this aperture 43, and contains a cavity 3 opening towards the aperture 43 in the substrate 41. A stack of integrated circuit circuits 11, 21, are located with one integrated circuit 21 of the stack inserted into the cavity 3, and one integrated circuit 11 of the stack electrically connected to the substrate 41.

Abstract: A system and method for configuring systems uses layered profiles. A separate profile is selected for multiple characteristics of a particular system. Each selected profile may then be used to generate a configuration layer associated with each selected profile. The system may then use multiple configuration layers to configure a system, resulting in a system configured according to the selected profiles.

Abstract: A RAID controller is provided for each host sharing a RAID. Each RAID controller can determine whether another host is sharing the RAID and assume a master or slave status with respect to rebuild operations for the shared disk. The master controller may then manage any rebuild operations on rebuild disks within the RAID.

Abstract: A new method is provided for the connection of heat conducting copper pads, eliminating the need for these heat conducting pads to be connected directly to the ground ring, further eliminating the need for the ground ring to be the external ring that is provided on a surface of the package.

Abstract: A sleep detection and alarm system includes a sensor for sensing physiological changes in a user indicating the onset of sleep, an alarm, and an alarm activation mechanism connected to the sensor for sounding the alarm upon detection of the changes by the sensor to awaken the user. The sensor preferably includes a wrist band, an instrument housing mounted to the wrist band and containing a power source, a microprocessor, a piezoelectric crystal for sensing pressure variations between the user wrist and the wrist band, and a mechanism for feeding electronic information in the form of an analog signal to the microprocessor for processing and selectively sounding the alarm. The system preferably additionally includes a filtering mechanism for filtering the analog signals before they reach the microprocessor for removing sudden variations and non-sinusoidal components of repetitive heart and blood stream sounds, so that only continuously varying signals are sensed and analyzed.