Patent ID: 7240080
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method to provide information to multiple data storage devices, comprising the steps of: providing a computer comprising memory; providing a first data storage device comprising a first information storage medium and a second data storage device comprising a second information storage medium, wherein said first data storage device is capable of communicating with said second data storage device; generating one or more computer files by said computer saving said one or more computer files in said memory; providing a least recently used protocol, wherein one or more of the least recently used files are written to one or more data storage devices; determining using said least recently used protocol if said one or more computer files should be written to one or more information storage media; operative if said one or more computer files should be written to one or more information storage media: providing said one or more computer files to said first data storage device and synchronously providing said first information to said second data storage device; writing said one or more computer files to said first information storage medium; writing said one or more computer files to said second information storage medium; providing a first write complete signal indicating that said one or more compute files have been written to said first information storage medium and to said second information storage medium; operative if said one or more computer files must not be synchronously written to multiple information storage media: writing said one or more computer files to said first information storage medium; determining if said one or more computer files has been written to said first information storage medium; operative if said first information has been written to said first information storage medium, generating a second write complete signal indicating that said one or more compute files have been written to said first information storage medium.