Wireless Storage Management via Master-Slave Role Assignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when managing large amounts of files across multiple wireless storage devices, as they need to manually switch devices due to insufficient space, complicating the process of storage and retrieval.
Innovation Solution
A wireless storage management system that designates one device as a master and others as slaves, allowing the master to communicate and manage disk space and file distribution across all devices, ensuring efficient storage and retrieval by utilizing a cache space and archive order to allocate files across available slave devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple wireless storage devices are used to store large amounts of files, then the storage capacity is increased, but the operation complexity increases and manual device switching is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple wireless storage devices into a unified network storage system where devices communicate through LAN. The system presents a single virtual storage pool to users, combining the capacities of individual devices (1T+2T+3T=6T total) while eliminating the need for manual device switching.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a network controller or management system as an intermediary that coordinates file operations across multiple storage devices. This mediator automatically handles file routing, device selection, and data distribution, replacing manual user intervention with automated intelligent management.
2Quantity of substance
If manual replacement operation is performed among wireless storage devices, then file storage is achieved, but time is lost and user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the network storage architecture and pre-establishing file allocation strategies. When files need to be stored, the system has already prepared the optimal device selection criteria and can immediately route files without requiring users to manually switch devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The network storage system implements self-service by automatically selecting appropriate storage devices based on file characteristics, available capacity, and predefined policies. The system autonomously manages file distribution across devices without requiring user intervention in the device selection process.
3Ease of operation
If wireless storage devices are connected through LAN with master-slave architecture, then system manageability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the network storage system into distinct functional roles: master devices that manage and coordinate operations, and slave devices that execute specific storage functions. This segmentation allows complex multi-device operations to be broken down into manageable tasks distributed across specialized components.
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AI summary
A wireless storage management system adapted for being used in an electronic product for wirelessly communicating with a plurality of wireless storage devices includes an identity module assigning master and slave roles to the wireless storage devices, a hard disk manage module controlling the master device to obtain disk information about the wireless storage devices and further set an archive order for the slave devices, and a file manage module managing file access according to the archive order. The electronic product is only directly connected with the master device to make the hard disk manage module and the file manage module manage the slave devices via the master device. So the electronic product can conveniently view the disk information of all of the wireless storage devices and further realize the file access to all of the devices only by being directly connected with the master device.