High speed fault tolerant mass storage network information server

a network information server and fault-tolerant technology, applied in the direction of instruments, input/output to record carriers, computing, etc., can solve the problems of inability of presently available computer and communication hardware to sustain performance, lack of capability to allow, and the need for server system resources for more capable server systems. a significant amount of system administrator personnel time and server system resources
US20050033916A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-10DELLACONA RICHARD
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
DELLACONA RICHARD
Publication Date
2005-02-10
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The information server system incorporates a high speed, microcomputer based server running industry standard operating system software enhanced to include functionality directed to operation of a new disk array controller, which controls the physically independent or integral disk storage device array, and communications interface. The disk array controller subsystem controls and communicates with the disk storage device array with a Fibre Channel protocol. The disk storage device array incorporates a plurality of disk storage devices with a corresponding number of bypass interface cards configured to facilitate the on-line addition, removal and replacement of disk storage devices. In additional to incorporating the above described buses and Fibre Channel capability, the disk array further incorporates a physically independent Fibre Channel compatible optical bus for high speed, communication between disk storage device array subsystem components, including the internal disk storage devices, independent from the information server. A wide array of user reconfigurable options are available as well as a scalable expansion capability.
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[0001] This application is based upon Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 077,643, filed Mar. 10, 1998.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] This invention relates to a “plug and play”, high speed, microcomputer based, Fibre Channel compatible and fault tolerant mass storage information server system. In particular, the present invention relates to a device and method for providing an enterprise-wide information server system which incorporates a dual loop arbitrated, Fibre Channel capable, multiple-fault tolerant, hot-swappable disk array requiring no host computer.

[0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0005] Efforts have been made in the past to provide a mass storage file server capable of delivering information throughout an enterprise with high speed data throughput, scalable data storage capability in a convenient, easily configurable enclosure using well known, industry standard operating software. However, such syst...

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