CA2054794A1 - Logical partitioning of a redundant array storage system - Google Patents

Logical partitioning of a redundant array storage system

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CA2054794A1
CA2054794A1 CA002054794A CA2054794A CA2054794A1 CA 2054794 A1 CA2054794 A1 CA 2054794A1 CA 002054794 A CA002054794 A CA 002054794A CA 2054794 A CA2054794 A CA 2054794A CA 2054794 A1 CA2054794 A1 CA 2054794A1
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Abstract

A redundant array storage system that can be configured as a RAID 1, 3, 4, or 5 system, or any combination of these configurations. The invention comprises a configuration data structure for addressing a redundant array storage system, and a method for configuring a redundant array storage system during an initialization process. The redundant array storage system comprises a set of physical storage units which are accessible in terms of block numbers.
The physical storage units are each configured as one or more logical storage units. Each logical storage unit is addressed in terms of a channel number, storage unit number, starting block number, offset number, and number of blocks to be transferred. Once logical storage units are defined, logical volumes are defined as one or more logical storage units, each logical volume having a depth characteristic. After the logical volumes are defined, redundancy groups are defined as one or more logical volumes. A redundancy level is specified for each redundancy group. The redundancy level may be none, one, or two. Logical volumes are addressed by a host CPU by volume number, initial block number, and number of blocks to be transferred. The host CPU also specifies a READ or WRITE operation. The specified volume number, initial block number, and number of blocks to be transferred are then translated into a corresponding channel number, storage unit number, starting block number, offset number, and number of blocks to be transferred. With the present invention, it is possible for a logical volume to span across physical storage units ("vertical partitioning"), comprise only a portion of each such physical storage unit ("horizontal partitioning"), and have definable depth and redundancy characteristics.
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