Logical Drive Mounting Priority for Application Start-up
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mounting multiple high-capacity drives storing data used by applications takes a long time, delaying the start-up of applications until all drives are mounted.
Innovation Solution
A data processing apparatus with a priority setting section that prioritizes logical drives based on access frequency, initial setting processing time, and last user access to mount them in order of priority during start-up, reducing the time required for initial setting processing and application start-up.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all logical drives are mounted in sequence during start-up, then all drives are reliably mounted, but the time required for completing application start-up increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-setting priorities for each logical drive based on access frequency, initial setting processing time, and last user access patterns. During start-up, drives are mounted in the predetermined priority order, so that drives required by automatically started applications are mounted first, reducing overall start-up time while ensuring all drives are eventually mounted
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting order is made dynamic and adaptable rather than fixed. The priority setting section dynamically determines the mounting sequence by evaluating multiple factors including access frequency, processing time requirements, and user access patterns. This dynamic prioritization allows the system to adapt to different usage scenarios and optimize start-up time for automatically started applications
2Quantity of substance
If multiple high-capacity drives are mounted in sequence, then data storage capacity is sufficient, but the mounting process takes a long time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis and priority assignment for each logical drive before the actual mounting process. By pre-determining which drives need to be mounted first based on their importance to automatically started applications, the system prepares the mounting sequence in advance, enabling faster execution during start-up
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of mounting order from a fixed sequential sequence to a priority-based sequence. By introducing priority levels and reordering drives according to these levels, the system transforms the mounting process to mount critical drives first while maintaining the ability to handle all drives, thus improving effective mounting speed for essential data
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AI summary
A data processing apparatus and a method of mounting a logical drive are provided which reduce the time required for completing start-up of an application. A priority level of each logical drive is determined based on access frequency by the automatically started applications in an initial setting processing of the applications in the previous start-up of the data processing apparatus. Higher priority is given to the logical drive having higher access frequency. For subsequently starting up the data processing apparatus, each logical drive is mounted in the order of the determined priority.