Inventors
Sandra Johnson Baylor, Peter Frank Corbett, Chan-ik Park
Publication date
1999/1/19
Patent office
US
Patent number
5862158
Application number
08601394
Description
A method for storing redundant information in an array of data storage devices such that data is protected against two simultaneous storage device failures. The method assigns each data block to two different parity sets, each protected by a different parity block. The protected data blocks and the parity block each reside on a different data storage device.
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Scholar articles
SJ Baylor, PF Corbett, C Park - US Patent 5,862,158, 1999