Patent ID: 6757782
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A disk array comprising:a plurality of disk units; a spare disk serving as a spare for said disk units; a first control unit, to be connected to a host unit, for controlling input and output between said host unit and said disk array; a second control unit, connected to said spare disk and disk units, for controlling input and output between said first control unit and said disk units and controlling transfers between said disk units, wherein said second control unit includes a common memory which stores disk management data indicating a status of each of said disk units; and multiplex communication channels connecting said disk units, said spare disk and said second control unit, and wherein data transfer in said multiplex communication channel is controlled by said second control unit, and data transfer speed of said multiplex communication channel is higher than that of each of said disk units, and an error correcting code (ECC) group is set across a plurality of the multiplex communication channels for error correcting operation on data in the disk units connected to said plurality of the multiplex communication channels.