Method and apparatus for balancing storage access on intelligent digital disk recorders
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1. A method comprising:
- designating three storage partitions on two logical drives;
placing a first storage partition for operating system information solely on a first of said logical drives;
placing a second storage partition for at least one of database, metadata, and paging information solely on a second of said logical drives separate from said first logical drive;
creating a third partition for media information among both said first and second of said logical drives; and
placing information based on a type of the information, wherein the type is one of operating system information;
database, metadata, and paging information; and
media information.
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Abstract
A method includes designating at least three storage partitions on at least two logical drives, placing a first storage partition on a first of the logical drives adjacent to a second storage partition on a second of the logical drives separate from the first logical drives, and creating a third partition among both the first and second of the logical drives. The first, second and third partitions are balanced for storage access symmetry such that the drives bear equal storage placement.
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1. A method comprising:
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designating three storage partitions on two logical drives; placing a first storage partition for operating system information solely on a first of said logical drives; placing a second storage partition for at least one of database, metadata, and paging information solely on a second of said logical drives separate from said first logical drive; creating a third partition for media information among both said first and second of said logical drives; and placing information based on a type of the information, wherein the type is one of operating system information;
database, metadata, and paging information; and
media information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
two logical drives comprising; a first storage partition for operating system information solely on a first logical drive of the two logical drives; a second storage partition for at least one of database, metadata, and paging information solely on a separate second logical drive of the two logical drives; and a third storage partition for media information among both said first and second logical drives. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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