Patents Examined by Midys Ihoa
  • Object oriented approach to a redundant array storage system
    Patent number: 6862661
    Abstract: A method and system for managing data in a data storage system including a plurality of physical storage devices is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing a plurality of modules, where each of the plurality of modules includes at least one child. Each module receives an input command related to the data from a source, where the source is transparent to the module. The module decides to which one of its children to pass the input command, and passes the input command to that child for processing the data accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Linda Ann Riedle, Dean Alan Kalman, Richard Christopher Fore, Albert Andre Asselin