Raid-type storage system and technique
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1. A method of storing data in a digital data storage system that includes a plurality of disk drives, said method comprising:
- receiving data at the data storage system;
compressing at least a portion of the received data to generate a compressed version of the received data;
performing a storing operation that initiates a first phase and a second phase, said first phase involving storing said at least a portion of the received data on a first set of disk drives among the plurality of disk drives, and said second phase involving storing the compressed version of the received data on a second disk drive among the plurality of disk drives so that the second disk drive stores data that is redundant of data that is stored on the first set of drives.
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Abstract
In an aspect, the invention features a method of storing data in a digital data storage system that includes a plurality of disk drives. The method involves receiving data at the data storage system; compressing the received data to generate a compressed version of the data; storing the received data on a first set of disk drives among the plurality of disk drives; and storing the compressed version of the received data on a parity disk drive so that the parity drive stores data that is redundant of data that is stored on the first set of drives.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of storing data in a digital data storage system that includes a plurality of disk drives, said method comprising:
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receiving data at the data storage system;
compressing at least a portion of the received data to generate a compressed version of the received data;
performing a storing operation that initiates a first phase and a second phase, said first phase involving storing said at least a portion of the received data on a first set of disk drives among the plurality of disk drives, and said second phase involving storing the compressed version of the received data on a second disk drive among the plurality of disk drives so that the second disk drive stores data that is redundant of data that is stored on the first set of drives. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of storing data in a digital data storage system that includes a plurality of disk drives, said method comprising:
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receiving N blocks of data;
compressing the N blocks of data;
performing a storing operation that includes a first phase and a second phase, said first phase involving storing the N blocks of data in an uncompressed form on a first set of disk drives among the plurality of disk drives, wherein each block of the N blocks is stored on a different disk drive, and said second phase involving storing the compressed data on a second disk drive among the plurality of disk drives so that the data storage system simultaneously stores the N data blocks in one physical location in uncompressed form and in another physical location in compressed form. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for storing data comprising:
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a plurality of disk drives;
a cache memory;
a compression engine; and
a controller which destages data stored from cache memory into the plurality of disk drives, wherein said controller is programmed to perform the functions of;
collecting a plurality of data blocks stored in the cache memory, causing the compression engine to compress the data in the collected plurality of data blocks, performing a storing operation that includes a first phase and a second phase, said first phase involving storing the compress data on a first drive, said first drive being one of the plurality of disk drives, and said second phase involving storing each of the plurality of data blocks in a different one of the plurality of disk drives none of which is the first drive.
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