Manufacturing process for software raid disk sets in a computer system
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1. A method of manufacturing a computer comprising:
- creating a reference two-disk software RAID pair, the software RAID pair having desired partitions mirrored by an operating system;
extracting a master image from one disk of the reference disk pair;
performing a difference comparison of partitions of a target disk of the reference disk pair against the master image and obtaining a collection of differences;
writing the master image to each disk of a disk set in a computer being manufactured; and
applying the collection of differences to a target disk of the disk set in the computer being manufactured.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a computer includes creating a reference two-disk software RAID pair, the software RAID pair having desired partitions mirrored by an operating system. The method also includes extracting a master image from one disk of the reference disk pair, performing a difference comparison of partitions of a target disk of the reference disk pair against the master image and obtaining a collection of differences. The method further includes writing the master image to each disk of a disk set in the computer being manufactured and applying the collection of differences to a target disk of the disk set.
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1. A method of manufacturing a computer comprising:
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creating a reference two-disk software RAID pair, the software RAID pair having desired partitions mirrored by an operating system;
extracting a master image from one disk of the reference disk pair;
performing a difference comparison of partitions of a target disk of the reference disk pair against the master image and obtaining a collection of differences;
writing the master image to each disk of a disk set in a computer being manufactured; and
applying the collection of differences to a target disk of the disk set in the computer being manufactured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of manufacturing a computer comprising:
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creating a reference two-disk software RAID 1 mirror pair, the software RAID 1 mirror pair having desired partitions mirrored by an operating system;
extracting a master image from one disk of the reference disk pair;
performing a difference comparison of partitions of a target disk of the reference disk pair against the master image and obtaining a collection of differences, including extracting locations and contents of blocks that are different between the disks of the reference pair;
writing the master image to each disk of a disk set in a computer being manufactured; and
applying the collection of differences block by block to a target disk of said disk set in the computer being manufactured. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and
a storage accessible by said processor, said storage including a software RAID mirror pair formed by;
creating a reference two-disk software RAID pair, the software RAID pair having desired partitions mirrored by an operating system, extracting a master image from one disk of the reference disk pair, performing a difference comparison of partitions of a target disk of the reference disk pair against the master image and obtaining a collection of differences, writing the master image to each disk of a disk set in said computer, and applying the collection of differences to a target disk of the disk set in said computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and
a storage accessible by said processor, said storage including a software RAID mirror pair formed by;
creating a reference two-disk software RAID1 mirror pair, the software RAID pair having desired partitions mirrored by an operating system, extracting a master image from one disk of the reference disk pair, performing a difference comparison of partitions of a target disk of the reference disk pair against the master image and obtaining a collection of differences, including extracting locations and contents of blocks that are different between the disks of the reference pair, writing the master image to each disk of a disk set in said computer, and applying the collection of differences block by block to a target disk of said disk set in said computer. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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