Patent ID: 8086797
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for implementing distributed RAID, comprising: a distributed RAID system comprising a plurality of data bank computers, each data bank coupled to each host and each of the other plurality of data banks, each data bank including: implementing commands in conjunction with a volume, wherein the volume comprises a set of segments, and the set of segments of the volume are stored on the plurality of data banks according to a data bank order, where the data bank order is a permutation of the plurality of data banks and redundancy data corresponding to a RAID level implemented in conjunction with the volume is stored on each of the plurality of data banks, such that for each segment of the volume a corresponding redundancy segment comprising the redundancy data associated with that segment of the volume does not reside on the same data bank as the corresponding segment of the volume; and a set of hosts, each host comprising: