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High-Speed Data Storage

  • US 20150286420A1
  • Filed: 04/03/2014
  • Published: 10/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for storing data, comprising:

  • a computer performing;

    opening an unmounted unformatted direct access storage device (DASD) via an operation system (OS) application programming interface (API);

    determining a maximum amount of storage space afforded by the DASD;

    locking the DASD, thereby limiting write access to the DASD to a first application process and excluding writes to the DASD by any other application process;

    receiving a stream of data, wherein the data are of a single data type, and wherein said receiving is invoked by the first application process; and

    storing the stream of data on the DASD in a linear manner as it is received, wherein said storing does not use a file system architecture, metadata, indices, or keys associated with the data, wherein said storing comprises;

    writing a block of the stream of data to the DASD;

    returning a next contiguous write location on the DASD; and

    performing said writing and said returning multiple times in an iterative manner;

    wherein the stored data are readable by multiple readers in a linear manner without using the file system architecture, metadata, indices, or keys.

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