Patent ID: 7047356
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage assembly comprising: a hard disk drive; a processing assembly connected to said hard disk drive comprising a power source, a controller, and random access memory, said controller interconnecting said random access memory and said hard disk drive, said power source being connected to said hard disk drive, said controller, and said random access memory, wherein said processing assembly is adapted to receive data from a computer system; and wherein said controller manages the data flowing between the computer system, said random access memory, and said hard disk drive, said controller causing the received data to be placed only within said random access memory such that said random access memory contains stored data blocks, said controller continuously monitoring usage of the data resident within said random access memory, said controller accessing said hard disk drive only if a data block that the computer system requests is not in said random access memory and backing-up a data block to said hard disk drive only when the data block has not been accessed from said random access memory for a period of time.