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System and method for data protection with multidimensional parity

  • US 20050022052A1
  • Filed: 07/07/2004
  • Published: 01/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A data storage management system comprising:

  • a data communication network;

    a plurality of storage locations, wherein each storage location is coupled to communicate over the network;

    a storage management control mechanism coupled to the network and configured to receive a storage request associated with a data set and determine a degree of fault tolerance for the data set;

    means for identifying at least one parity group within the storage locations that provides the determined degree of fault tolerance; and

    a write mechanism in the storage management control mechanism capable of writing the data set to at least one of the identified parity groups.

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