Patent ID: 8589626

Claim:
A hybrid RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) controller having multi PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bus switching, comprising: a first set of RAID circuitry comprising: a first disk mount coupled to a first set of SSD (Semiconductor Storage Device) memory disk units, the first set of SSD memory disk units comprising a set of volatile semiconductor memories; a first disk monitoring unit coupled to the first disk mount for monitoring the first set of SSD memory disk units; a first disk plug and play controller coupled to the first disk monitoring unit and the first disk mount for controlling the first disk mount; a second set of RAID circuitry comprising: a second disk mount coupled to a second set of SSD memory disk units, the second set of SSD memory disk units comprising a set of volatile semiconductor memories; a second disk monitoring unit coupled to the second disk mount for monitoring the second set of SSD memory disk units; a second disk plug and play controller coupled to the second disk monitoring unit and the second disk mount for controlling the second disk mount; a third set of RAID circuitry comprising: a third disk mount coupled to a set of HDD (Hard Disk Drive)/Flash memory units; a third disk monitoring unit coupled to the third disk mount for monitoring the set of HDD/Flash memory units; and a PCI bus coupling the first set of RAID circuitry, the second set of RAID circuitry, and the third set of RAID circuitry to one another.