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Raid-type storage system and technique

  • US 6,442,659 B1
  • Filed: 02/17/1998
  • Issued: 08/27/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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