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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Memory > Storage Accessing And Control > Specific Memory Composition > Accessing Dynamic Storage Device > Direct Access Storage Device (dasd) Direct Access Storage Device (dasd)Direct Access Storage Device (dasd) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/19/06 - 20060236028 - Storage device and controlling method thereof A disk adapter and disk drives, each having dual ports, are connected in dual loops via a switch. A destination loop to which a command is to be transferred is determined, according to the type (Read/Write) of the command that the disk adapter issues to one of the disk drives. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218342 - Processing method for preventing anomalies when reading device-specific information for media storage device, and media storage device A media storage device reads device-specific information from media into memory and performs read/write operations to and from media. In an idle loop after turning on power to a media storage device, a MPU performs processing to update device-specific information while command processing is not being performed, preventing loss of ... 09/21/06 - 20060212650 - Information recording medium, recording/reproducing apparatus, and recording/reproducing method A recording/reproducing apparatus includes a writing/reading unit that writes data to a write-once information recording medium and reads data from the medium; and a control unit that controls the writing/reading unit to write data to the medium so that the medium includes at least one border, controls the writing/reading unit ... 09/21/06 - 20060212649 - License table for software protection A method and apparatus for creating a table of information stored on a disk is disclosed. A first track is located on a hard disk which is unaffected and immune to changes in an operating system or any programs using the operating system. The table of information contains a unique ... 09/07/06 - 20060200625 - Method and system for accessing audiovisual data in a computer A method and system for accessing audiovisual data in a computer, which has a hard disk, a hard disk controller and a device driver. The hard disk is divided into a partition region and a non-partition region. The partition region has an audiovisual table to record a location of the ... 09/07/06 - 20060200624 - Apparatus, system, and method for a secondary optical memory in a removable media cartridge An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a data storage apparatus with a secondary optical memory. The data storage apparatus includes a data storage cartridge, a primary data storage medium in the data storage cartridge, and a secondary optical storage medium attached to the data storage cartridge. The data ... 08/31/06 - 20060195654 - Hard disk drive with write-only region The invention partitions the HDD into three areas, namely, no access, write-only, and the conventional read/write. Sensitive data (antivirus programs, back up data, etc.) is written into write-only areas, which thereafter become designated “no access” by appropriately changing their designation a data structure known as “logical block address” or “LBA”. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195653 - Switchable mass storage system Switching apparatus is used in combination with a multiplicity of mass storage units to provide a user of a digital computer with privacy from other local users and from users on a connected network. When the computer is connected to the network, the private files are protected from computer viruses, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190681 - Scheduler for a disc drive apparatus A scheduler (10) for a user appliance (1) and a user appliance comprising such scheduler are provided, for cooperation with a disc storage device (20). The scheduler is designed to record or read user data into or from storage space of the disc storage device, at storage locations where the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184729 - Device, method, and computer product for disk management A disk management device manages writing of data in a plurality of disks. The disk management device includes an application and a buffer. A plurality of storing units temporarily stores therein the same data that is present in the buffer, and a writing unit writes the data present in the ... 08/10/06 - 20060179217 - Apparatus and method for detecting disk write omissions In the present invention, for each set of blocks [#(0) to #(N-1)] storing update data, a history block [#(N)] storing an update state value, for example, a generation, time or check code, showing an update state is provided, constituting a set of management data as a check object. When writing ... 08/10/06 - 20060179216 - Storage medium array controller, a storage medium array apparatus, a storage medium drive, a method of controlling a storage medium array, and a signal-bearing medium embodying a program of a storage medium array controller A storage medium drive is controllable by a storage medium array controller. the storage medium array controller receives a data storage medium drive information and the storage medium array controller sets a data transmission parameter with respect to the storage medium drive based on the data storage medium drive information. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179215 - Apparatus for detecting disk write omissions In the present invention, for each set of blocks [#(0) to #(N−1)] storing update data, a history block [#(N)] storing an update state value, for example, a generation, time or check code, showing an update state is provided, constituting a set of management data as a check object. When writing ... 07/27/06 - 20060168394 - Storage system capable of dispersing access load To automatically disperse access loads even when the number of client PCs using a storage-centric network changes. A storage controller that controls data write and data read in a disk device in which one or more logical units are set, includes: plural ports connected to client computers via a network; ... 07/13/06 - 20060155928 - Apparatus and method for managing a plurality of kinds of storage devices A storage system including a memory unit having a disk management program, plural disk controllers each having a SAS port which can be attached to either a SAS disk drive or a SATA disk drive, and a LAN port which communicates with a user interface program in a management console. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149899 - Method and apparatus for ongoing block storage device management Methods and apparatus for performing ongoing block storage device management operations. Software and/or firmware components are disclosed for performing ongoing block storage device management operations, such as file defragmentation and file erasures, in conjunction with corresponding block input/output (I/O) transactions for block storage devices, such as magnetic disk drives and ... 06/22/06 - 20060136663 - Sector-specific access control A method, of controlling access to storage locations on a hard-disk-based memory device, may include: receiving an input/output (I/O) request for access to the memory device; evaluating the I/O request in terms of one or more sectors on the hard-disk-based memory device comprehended by the I/O request; and selectively granting ... 06/22/06 - 20060136662 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for permitting access to a storage drive while the drive is being formatted A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for permitting access to a data storage device while the device is being formatted. A format command is received within the device from the host. A command complete response is then transmitted to the host before the device has completed being ... 06/08/06 - 20060123190 - System and method for writing data and a time value to an addressable unit of a removable storage medium A system (and associated method) comprises a storage drive and a central processing unit (“CPU”). The storage drive is adapted to accommodate a removable storage medium. The CPU is configured to cause the CPU to write data and a time value to each of a plurality of addressable units of ... 06/01/06 - 20060117136 - System for secure erasing of files The present invention is directed to a system and method for the secure and correct deletion of data files from a data storage that bypasses the file system of an operating system. A secure erase service receives a secure erase request from a system interceptor component, which has intercepted a ... 06/01/06 - 20060117135 - Method and system of computing quota usage A method and system for computing disk space used by a directory and its descendants that may proceed while input and output are occurring that involve the directory and any of its descendants. A calculation of the total amount of disk space consumed by a set of objects is commenced. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112218 - Systems and methods for an improved computer long-term memory comparing device An improved comparing device for comparing computer long-term memory devices such as hard drives and compact flash memory, to determine if they are exact copies. Our current invention is a stand-alone device. A user connects long-term memory devices he desires to compare to our device. Our device contains logic and ... 05/18/06 - 20060106979 - Information processing system, storage unit, and storage control program recorded computer-readable recording medium According to the present invention, for reliably carrying out a request for access to processing data which is an object of processing in a data processing apparatus even if the processing data is not retained in a storage unit, the storage unit includes a first timer for detecting the fact ... 05/11/06 - 20060101199 - Method and system for controlling a hard disk drive using a multimediacard physical interface A method and system for data transfer between a sector-oriented mass storage medium and a host device capable of interfacing with a byte-oriented storage medium using an HS-MMC physical interface in the host device. Existing MMC commands such as FAST_IO command can be used to pass the control data to ... 05/11/06 - 20060101198 - Method of varying recording density of data storage medium and disk drive using the method A method of and apparatus for varying a recording density of a data storage system. The method includes setting a range of a region whose recording density is to be changed, judging whether a region in which data read and write commands are to be executed is within the set ... 05/04/06 - 20060095659 - Hard disk drive with support for atomic transactions Embodiments of the present invention provide a data storage apparatus with new features to more easily enable atomic transactions. Rather than having the host system issue the multiple logging commands to the data storage apparatus, the data storage apparatus can be modified so that it can perform the logging function ... 05/04/06 - 20060095658 - Integrated circuit capable of persistent reservations A method according to one embodiment may include communicating, by an integrated circuit, with at least one target ATA/ATAPI storage device. The method of this embodiment may also include creating, by the integrated circuit, a persistent reservation between at least one target ATA/ATAPI storage device and the integrated circuit. Of ... 04/13/06 - 20060080502 - Storage apparatus A technique is provided in which, even when the number of devices and device addresses handled in the storage apparatus side increases, it is possible to access all the devices and save used resources by simple control of the configuration definition information without adding the device addresses retained on the ... 04/13/06 - 20060080501 - Hdd having both dram and flash memory A mobile computing hard disk drive has both a flash memory device and a DRAM device, with the HDD controller managing data storage between disk, DRAM, and flash both when write requests arrive and when the HDD is idle to optimize flash memory device life and system performance. ... 03/30/06 - 20060069860 - Data storage apparatus that appropriately revises fdcb information during background formatting A data storage apparatus, including a controller that formats a rewritable recording medium in the background, interrupts the background formatting when a host computer requests to store data in the rewritable recording medium, stores the data in the rewritable recording medium after interrupting the background formatting, revises control information stored ... 03/30/06 - 20060069859 - Optical disk apparatus An optical disk apparatus which records data on the basis of a predetermined minimum amount of recording data. Recording data supplied from an external device is stored in a buffer memory and then encoded and recorded on an optical disk. The data is recorded in units of one ECC block ... 03/16/06 - 20060059300 - Firmware update for optical disc drive The present invention discloses an optical disc drive capable of updating firmware, and firmware update method thereof. The disclosed optical disc drive includes a firmware memory, a buffer memory, and a system control chip. The system control chip includes a processor and a memory update controller. When the optical disc ... 03/09/06 - 20060053249 - Information recording/reproduction processing device, method, and computer program The present invention provides an apparatus and a method that judge whether contents recording processing is in progress and make it possible to execute reproduction processing under accurate control. A recording control process for executing contents recording processing generates reproduction synchronization management information having a reproduction synchronization management information name, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047898 - Read/write device, and format management method of read/write device Embodiment of the present invention provide a technique for carrying out work in a short time to prevent without fail data stored in a read/write device from leaking to persons other than an authorized user. There are provided a read/write device, and a format management method for managing a format ... 03/02/06 - 20060047897 - Method for improving data throughput for a data storage device A method for improving throughput performance of a data storage device by executing an execution critical write-back data priority routine programmed into a controller of the data storage device. The method includes, determining a write-back data aging threshold limit; identifying and executing a pending command; recognizing write-back data exceeding the ... 03/02/06 - 20060047896 - Storing parity information for data recovery Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture in which a first storage unit at a first site is coupled to a second storage unit at a second site and a third storage unit at a third site. Data is received at the first storage unit. The received data ... 03/02/06 - 20060047895 - Systems and methods for providing a modification history for a location within a data store A storage management device can receive a request for a modification history for a location within a data store, determine one or more times at which at least a portion of data stored at the location was modified, and transmit the one or more determined times. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041716 - Optical read/write apparatuses and methods for write frequency management A method of write frequency management for writing recorded data to an optical rewritable storage medium. The optical rewritable storage medium comprises a data area and a count area. The data area comprises multiple data units, the count area comprises multiple values, and each value represents a write frequency corresponding ... 02/09/06 - 20060031632 - Storage with persistent user data A data storage area of a data storage device is partitioned logically between a user storage area and a device storage area. Source data stored securely in the device storage area is copied as derivative data to the user storage area, or is used as a basis for creating derivative ... 02/09/06 - 20060031631 - Method of managing storage capacity in storage system, a storage device and a computer system A capacity management method of managing a capacity of a storage unit of each storage in a computer system having a plurality of storage devices each having one or more storage units each providing one or more storage areas. The method includes the steps of: detecting a storage area relation ... 02/09/06 - 20060031630 - Apparatus and method to convert a plurality of sectors from a first sector format to a second sector format A method to convert a plurality of sectors from a first sector format to a second sector format is disclosed. The method provides (N) contiguous first sectors to a sector format conversion device, where those (N) first sectors include a beginning first sector and a first number of bytes, and ... 02/02/06 - 20060026343 - Data buffering method in disc data reading system and system of the same The present invention relates to a data buffering method, and more particularly, relates to a data buffering method in a disc data reading system. According to the request of instructions, the disc data reading system reads disc data into a data buffer apparatus for later accessing and processing. In the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020750 - Controller device to be connected to ieee 1394 serial bus When the user instructs deletion of all program files using a remote control, a microprocessor of a set-top box repeats transmission of a deletion command with respect to all program files stored in a hard disk recorder to the hard disk recorder and deletes all program files excluding the program ... 01/26/06 - 20060020749 - Reading a storage medium Provides methods, systems and devices for reading a storage medium. A method for reading a storage medium according to the invention includes the following steps: First, it is determined if an access sequence requested by an application to data stored on the disk drive is a part of a known ... 01/26/06 - 20060020748 - Methods and apparatus for improving the breathing of disk scheduling algorithms A method for breathing of scheduling algorithms for a storage device (110). The method including: (a) computing a worst-case duration of a breathing cycle (P) for the storage device (110); (b) starting a breathing cycle; (c) determining if one of the following becomes true before the end of P: (i) ... 01/19/06 - 20060015681 - Apparatus and method for writing and reading data Provided is an apparatus and method for writing and reading data. The apparatus for writing and reading data includes an input unit to which data is input, a disc which stores the input data, a disc controller which controls operation of the disc, an output unit which outputs data stored ... 01/12/06 - 20060010287 - Disk system adapted to be directly attached A network-attached disk (NAD) system is disklosed that includes an NAD device for receiving a disk access command from a host through a network, and a device driver at the host for controlling the NAD device through the network, where the device driver creates a virtual host bus adapter so ... 12/22/05 - 20050283568 - Automatic media readying system and method One aspect of the invention is a method for automatically readying a medium. The method comprises monitoring a state of a storage medium using readying logic and determining a physical media type for the storage medium using the readying logic. The method also comprises determining a recorded type for the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273554 - Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer systsem A method and apparatus to decrease the boot time and the hibernate awaken time of a computer system is presented. Static and dynamic configuration data is stored in flash memory. The size of flash memory is selected so that the initialization time of the configuration data stored in the flash ... 12/08/05 - 20050273553 - System, apparatus, and method for content management A system for managing a content of a storage medium comprising a media player, a controller, a wireless input device. The media player has access to a media content in a storage medium. The controller is coupled to the media player. The wireless input device wirelessly interfaces with the controller. ... 12/01/05 - 20050268030 - Method and related apparatus for generating fixed packets while writing data to cds Method and related apparatus for generating fixed packets while writing data into CDs. The present invention records a total-block number of a write-in data with a counter, and a waiting-coding number with another counter, so as to generate fixed packets efficiently and correctly, and prevent buffer under run when writing ... 12/01/05 - 20050268029 - Optical disc drive that downloads operational firmware from an external host An optical disc drive includes a microprocessor, a control IC, an RF IC, and an interface unit. The microprocessor is electrically coupled to the control IC. The control IC is electrically coupled to the RF IC, a volatile RAM, an optional non-volatile ROM, and to a bus interface for communications ... 11/24/05 - 20050262298 - System and method for ensuring merge completion in a storage area network A data storage system adapted to maintain redundant data storage sets at a destination location(s) is disclosed. The data storage system establishes a copy set comprising a source volume and a destination volume. Data written to a source volume is automatically copied to the destination volume. The data storage system ... 11/24/05 - 20050262297 - Disk drive connected to host system via memory interface circuit, and interface connecting method A disk drive comprises a disk control unit conforming to versatile parallel interfaces. The disk control unit has a register file that includes a plurality of registers a host system can access. The disk drive further comprises an input/output (IO) interface circuit connected to the disk control unit via a ... 11/17/05 - 20050257001 - Computer system A computer system including a first volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory being virtually divided into a plurality of areas including a first memory area and a second memory area, the first memory area including a first management table thereof, and a controller for controlling data reading and data writing of ... 11/17/05 - 20050257000 - Nas with worm function To provide a storage system capable of cutting back the resource while obtaining a WORM function. In the storage system, a controller (110) functions to: obtain, when a write request is made by a computer (300), information on one of logical devices that is a target of a write process, ... 11/03/05 - 20050246486 - Method for dividing ide hdd into multiple primary partitions Disclosed is a method for dividing an IDE HDD into multiple primary partitions. A step (A) is to divide an IDE HDD into a first partition and a second partition. A step (B) is to divide the second partition into more than one primary partitions. A step (C) is to ... 11/03/05 - 20050246485 - Method and apparatus for modifying reserve area of disk drive or memory The present invention is directed to a method for allocating resources in a disk drive having a user accessible area, a reserve area, and a boundary between the user accessible area and the reserve area. A capacity of the disk drive accessible to the user is read, the boundary between ... 10/27/05 - 20050240722 - Optical disk recording apparatus An optical disk apparatus includes a data conversion unit that converts input video data into record data, a data record unit that temporarily stores the record data in buffer memory and writes on to an optical disk while maintaining data continuity, and a control unit that controls the data record ... 10/20/05 - 20050235107 - Method for controlling storage system, and storage control apparatus A method for controlling a storage system including a host computer, and a first and a second storage control apparatuses each receiving a data input/output request from the host computer and executing a data input/output process for a storage device in response to the request, comprises connecting a first communication ... 10/20/05 - 20050235106 - Information processing apparatus and method, program, and program recording medium An information processing apparatus for processing an access request to access a recording medium from an application includes the following elements. A setting unit sets a priority unique to the access request from the application or permission information indicating whether or not processing on the access request from the application ... 10/20/05 - 20050235105 - Disk recording device, monitoring method for disk recording medium, and monitoring program for disk recording medium When neither recording nor replaying of information upon a hard disk recording medium is being performed, empty regions are searched for upon said hard disk recording medium; and, also when neither recording nor replaying of information upon said hard disk recording medium is being performed, said empty regions which have ... 10/20/05 - 20050235104 - Initialization method, reproduction method, computer-executable program product, computer-readable recording medium, data structure, information recording apparatuses, and information reproducing apparatus When an information recording medium is initialized, a block is determined to record the dummy data by referring to identification information for identifying a block recording user data and a block in which the user data are not recorded, and information concerning a last address of a recorded area continued ... 10/13/05 - 20050228940 - Device and method for recording information with characteristic point information control A device for recording digitally encoded video information records video packets and characteristic point information for controlling the playback of the packets. The device has an error detection unit (32) for detecting recording errors, and the size of a missing part of the real-time information due to a detected error. ... 10/06/05 - 20050223164 - Assuring genuineness of data stored on a storage device Techniques to assure genuineness of data stored on a storage device are provided. The storage device includes a storage controller that conducts I/O operations and management operations. A description of management operations and corresponding timestamps are recorded to an operation log stored in a memory. The memory additionally stores an ... 10/06/05 - 20050223163 - Synchronous message queues A method comprising receiving a write request; adding the write request to a batch of substantially contiguous disk writes; determining to write the batch of substantially contiguous disk writes to a non-volatile memory; writing the batch of substantially contiguous disk writes to the non-volatile memory; sending a confirmation of writing ... 09/29/05 - 20050216657 - Data redundancy in individual hard drives A method and system are disclosed for recovering lost data with redundancy in an individual hard drive. A mirroring-type process is used in a single hard drive to maintain a backup copy of all data stored on that hard drive. The hard drive maintains two copies of the stored data ... 09/22/05 - 20050210190 - Data storage device, control method thereof, and magnetic disk storage device Embodiments of the invention improve the performance of a HDD (Hard Disk Drive). In one embodiment, MBR (Master Boot Record) is read from a magnetic disk. The read MBR is stored in a sector buffer by an event handler. A segment control section acquires the MBR stored in the sector ... 09/22/05 - 20050210189 - Recording medium with overlapping segment information thereon and apparatus and methods for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium including segment information recorded thereon, and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to improve data protection, data management and/or reproduction compatibility. The recording medium may contain at least one segment area ... 09/22/05 - 20050210188 - Storage system It is an object to achieve higher performance of input/output processing in a storage system. In a disk controller of a storage system having disk devices and a disk controller that controls input/output of data to/from the disk devices and that accepts requests from a superordinate device, there are provided ... 09/22/05 - 20050210187 - Recording device and recording and reproducing device To make content irreproducible in a recording device after a set expiration time, the recording device has a read/write unit for reading and writing data on a recording unit, the read/write unit having electric power supplied from an external power source, a clock containing a built-in battery, an input/output interface ... 09/15/05 - 20050204095 - System and method to reduce disk access time during predictable loading sequences A method, software, and system for loading data from disk include comparing a current sequence of disk I/O requests to data indicative of a previous disk I/O request sequence. Responsive to detecting a match between the current disk I/O sequence and the previous disk I/O sequence, a copy of data ... 09/08/05 - 20050198433 - Storage device controlling apparatus and method of controlling the same A storage device controlling apparatus including a channel controller having a circuit board on which a file access processing section and an I/O processor are formed, the file access processing section receiving requests to input and output data in files as units from an information processing apparatus via a network, ... 09/08/05 - 20050198432 - Information handling system including media drive resume recording feature An information handling system (IHS) is provided that permits continued recording of a medium when a planned power loss occurs while the medium is being recorded in a media drive. If a low power condition is encountered during recording, the IHS saves location information regarding a last written block prior ... 08/25/05 - 20050188153 - Method and apparatus for recording data on hard disk drive, and storage medium therefor A method of and an apparatus for recording data on a hard disk drive, and a storage medium containing a program for executing the method. Data is recorded on a track in a recording region and an address of a next track to be recorded with the data is determined ... 08/25/05 - 20050188152 - Method and apparatus for overwriting data in write-once recording medium A method and apparatus for overwriting data in a recording medium, such as a Blu-ray disc write-once (BD-WO), are disclosed. The method includes when receiving a plurality of data record commands for a previously recorded area within the recording medium, replacement recording the received data for each record command on ... 08/25/05 - 20050188151 - Method and apparatus for optimally write reordering A method and apparatus to perform write reordering. The method includes extracting a seek time table containing seek times corresponding to a desired seek speed among different seek times to a surface of a disk, and reordering an order to write a data in a plurality of writing positions on ... 08/18/05 - 20050182897 - Method for partitioning hard disc drive and hard disc drive adapted thereto A method to partition a hard disc drive which conceals part of a storage region in a hard disc drive from the outside to thereby heighten a security of data, and a hard disc drive configured for the HDD partitioning method. The hard disc drive partitioning method includes receiving a ... 08/18/05 - 20050182896 - Method of adaptively controlling data access by data storage system and disk drive using the method A method of adaptively controlling data access by a data storage system, in which the sizes and the number of read/write caches are adjusted according to the size of a data access unit, and a disk drive using the method. The method of adaptively controlling read access by the data ... 08/18/05 - 20050182895 - Method of and apparatus for recording data on write-once disc and write-once disc therefor A method of recording, and an apparatus to record, data on a write-once disc, and the write-once disc used with the method and apparatus. The write-once disc includes a plurality of update areas in which to record a predetermined type of updated information, at least one main access information area ... 08/11/05 - 20050177682 - Method of and apparatus for recording data on write-once disc, method of and apparatus for reproducing data from write-once disc, and write-once disc therefor A write-once disc includes: a plurality of update areas in which a predetermined kind of updated information is recorded; at least one main access information area in which main access information is recorded, the main access information indicating a final update area in which finally updated information is recorded among ... 08/11/05 - 20050177681 - Storage system A storage system is comprised of an interface unit 10 which has an interface with a server 3 or hard drives 2, a memory unit 21 which has a cache memory module 126 for storing data to be read from/written to the server 3 or the hard drives 2 and ... 08/11/05 - 20050177680 - Storage controller and control method of the same To provide a storage controller for receiving a data input/output request from an information processor and writing data in a hard disk drive in accordance with the data input/output request, which is provided with a circuit board having a nonvolatile memory functioning as a cache memory for storing the data ... 08/04/05 - 20050172071 - Method and apparatus for identifying a digital recording source A method and apparatus for uniquely identifying a digital storage medium is described. In one example, at least one physical attribute of a recording surface is determined. For example, at least one position of the recording surface may be associated with at least one data unit stored on the digital ... 07/28/05 - 20050166015 - Digital device configuration and method An electromechanical data storage arrangement is interfaced with a host. The interface may include a conductor that carries read and write gate signals. Another conductor carries both a servo sync mark and an error signal. The storage arrangement includes an external serial interface connected to a host serial interface applying ... 07/28/05 - 20050166014 - Data transmission control method and storage device Embodiments of the invention raise the performance of a HDD by controlling the timing of notifying of command completion. In one embodiment, transmission of command completion notifications to a host is managed by a host interface manager. If two data write addresses respectively for two queued commands are adjacent or ... 07/28/05 - 20050166013 - System and method for selecting command for execution in hdd based on benefit Commands in a queue in a hard disk drive (HDD) are selected based on a benefit of providing either an optimized throughput or an optimized number of commands per second execution, as opposed to a simple shortest access time first (SATF) selection method. ... 07/28/05 - 20050166012 - Method and system for cognitive pre-fetching According various embodiments of the present invention, methods and systems for accessing data on a storage medium of a data storage device comprise determining a file to be accessed based on a directory maintained by a host processor connected with the data storage device. One or more locations on the ... 07/28/05 - 20050166011 - System for consolidating disk storage space of grid computers into a single virtual disk drive A system is disclosed for creating a virtual disk storage construct using disk storage consolidated from at least two grid computers of a computing grid. A method of the system includes locating an unused portion of a total disk storage space on disk drives of at least two grid computers ... 07/21/05 - 20050160220 - Digital device configuration and method An electromechanical data storage arrangement is interfaced with a host. The interface may include a conductor that carries read and write gate signals. Another conductor carries both a servo sync mark and an error signal. The storage arrangement includes an external serial interface connected to a host serial interface applying ... 07/14/05 - 20050154824 - Digital device configuration and method An electromechanical data storage arrangement is interfaced with a host. The interface may include a conductor that carries read and write gate signals. Another conductor carries both a servo sync mark and an error signal. The storage arrangement includes an external serial interface connected to a host serial interface applying ... 07/14/05 - 20050154823 - Digital device configuration and method An electromechanical data storage arrangement is interfaced with a host. The interface may include a conductor that carries read and write gate signals. Another conductor carries both a servo sync mark and an error signal. The storage arrangement includes an external serial interface connected to a host serial interface applying ... 07/14/05 - 20050154822 - Multi-control data table compression method and optical disk drive using the same Provided are a multi-control data table compression method of compressing a plurality of control data tables of a disk drive and an optical disk drive using the same. The multi-control data table compression method of compressing a plurality of control data tables of a disk drive includes grouping the control ... 07/14/05 - 20050154821 - Information processing system and management device In an information processing system including a computer device and a storage device storing data used by the computer device, the region in which the data is held is managed in association with a change, over the passage of time, in the performance and availability required of the data holding ... 07/07/05 - 20050149666 - Virtual ordered writes Ordering data writes include a host computer providing a plurality of data writes to a primary storage device, the primary storage device assigning a first sequence number to data writes begun after a first time and before a second time, the primary storage device assigning a second sequence number, different ... 06/30/05 - 20050144376 - Method and apparatus to perform improved retry in data storage system A method of performing a retry in a data storage system, and an apparatus using the same, includes storing information regarding retry parameters corresponding to a position on a storage medium in response to successfully reading data from the position using the retry parameters, reading the data from the position ... 06/23/05 - 20050138281 - Request processing order in a cache A method and apparatus for preserving the processing order of some requests in a system is disclosed. The method may include blocking requests from executing based on a blocked count data field, blocking list data field, and a last request data field. The apparatus may include a system or a ... 06/16/05 - 20050132133 - Method and system for equalizing usage of storage media A method is presented for using a hard disk drive which contains a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) and a computer-usable disk medium. A usage value is maintained for the number of accesses to the computer-usable disk medium, and the usage value is stored within the NVRAM. In a system ... 06/09/05 - 20050125605 - Interface bus optimization for overlapping write data Embodiments of the present invention are devices with a queue for receiving a plurality of data write requests and having a means for comparing the data write requests in the queue and then requesting only data identified by the data write requests that would not be overwritten by any later ... 06/09/05 - 20050125604 - Storage device having a lateral storage director A storage device such as a disk drive is provided with a lateral storage director. The lateral storage director is capable of self-assessing the status of the storage device. The lateral storage director also enables one storage device to transfer data files to another storage device over a communications link ... 06/09/05 - 20050125603 - Method for rapid availability of critical data through re-allocation A method for retrieving critical data determined to be requested by a host device in the near future and re-allocating the critical data on the hard drive medium. The hard drive provides the critical data to the requesting host upon receiving the request, thereby eliminating the time required to respond ... 06/09/05 - 20050125602 - Hdd with storage of critical data in flash A hard drive retrieves critical data determined to be requested by a host device in the near future and stores it in a FLASH integrated circuit. The hard drive provides the critical data to the requesting host upon receiving the request, thereby eliminating the time required to respond to the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125601 - Hdd with rapid availability of critical data after critical event A hard drive retrieves critical data determined to be requested by a host device in the near future and stores it in cache. The hard drive provides the critical data to the requesting host upon receiving the request, thereby eliminating the time required to respond to the request due to ... 06/09/05 - 20050125600 - Method for storing hdd critical data in flash A method for retrieving critical data that is determined to very likely be requested by a host device in the near future and storing it in FLASH. The hard drive provides the critical data to the requesting host upon receiving the request, thereby eliminating the time required to respond to ... 06/02/05 - 20050120169 - Storage device control apparatus and a method of controlling the same A storage device controller includes a channel controller to receive a data input/output request sent from an information processor, a disk controller, and a cache memory. The channel controller includes a communication interface unit for the information processor, a data transfer unit connected via a first bus to the communication ... 06/02/05 - 20050120168 - Digital data storage subsystem with directory including check values for verifying during an information retrieval operation that retrieved information was the desired information A digital data storage system in the form of a mass storage subsystem in which information is stored on one or more disk storage units, with a storage element constituting a track on a disk storage device and each track storing a plurality of records. Each track in each disk ... 06/02/05 - 20050120167 - Information recording device, information reproduction devic, method, and computer program Provided is an apparatus and method for continuously recording data onto a plurality of information recording means and reproducing it. As reproduction control information corresponding to recording data, generated are reproduction procedure information on which a reproducing procedure is recorded and reproduction management information on which link information to the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |