48 results about "Data degradation" patented technology

A data storage system, employing cache and base storage, assigns an "anywhere" token to each data object received for storage, whether the object is stored in cache or base storage. The anywhere token contains the latest metadata for the data object and includes at least a version code. If a data object is stored in base storage, the data object is assigned a "base" token with the same value as its anywhere token. These "cacading" tokens are available for use in tracking functions such as cache grooming, de-staging data to base storage, and processing cache miss events. All tokens are stored in a token database. For each data object, the token database lists its anywhere token and base token. If the storage system experiences a cache failure, normal storage operations are halted until the cache is repaired. Then, the controller implements a replacement token database. Namely, the controller accesses base storage to retrieve tokens of all data objects lost from cache. Using these base tokens, the controller populates a replacement token database, inserting the retrieved base tokens as both base and anywhere token for each data object lost from cache. Then, the replacement token database is used to the exclusion of the previous token database. With this procedure, the newly created token database accurately represents the contents of tape and cache. This avoids any danger of unknowingly recalling down-level data objects from tape, where their current counterpart data objects were stored on cache but lost in the cache failure.

The subject authentication scheme encompasses a large family of authentication systems which may be built over existing transmission systems. By superimposing a carefully designed secret modulation on the waveforms, authentication is added to the signal without requiring additional bandwidth. The authentication information (tag signal) is sent concurrently with data (message signal). The authentication is designed to be stealthy to the uninformed user, robust to interference, and secure for identity verification. The tradeoffs between these three goals are identified and analyzed. The use of the authentication for channel estimation is also considered, and improved bit errors are demonstrated for time-varying channels. With a long enough authentication code word an authentication system is achieved with very slight data degradation. Additionally, by treating the authentication tag as a sequence of pilot symbols, the data recovery may be improved by the aware receiver.

A data storage system includes a pre-cache and a plurality of storage devices across which a data storage array is distributed. In response to receipt of a write request specifying a logical address and write data, the data storage system buffers the write request among a plurality of write requests in the pre-cache without provisioning in the data storage array a physical extent corresponding to the logical address. A management node analyzes the plurality of write requests buffered in the pre-cache. In response to the analyzing identifying a first pattern of write requests, the management node provisions, in the data storage array, a first physical extent having a smaller grain size and destages the write data to the first physical extent. In response to the analyzing identifying a second pattern of write requests, the management node provisions a second physical extent having a larger grain size and destages the write data from the pre-cache to the second physical extent.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an information reproducing method for reproducing information from a data rewritable type optical recording medium having a plurality of information recording layers, which can prevent the data degradation phenomenon from occurring. The information reproducing method according to the present invention is directed to reproducing information from an optical recording medium 10 having at least a stacked L0 layer 20 and L1 layer 30 by projecting a laser beam thereonto via a light incidence plane 13a and information is reproduced by setting λ / NA to be equal to or shorter than 700 nm, where A is a wavelength of the laser beam and NA is a numerical aperture (NA) of an objective lens, and setting the laser beam to a reproducing power Pr0 when information recorded in the L0 layer 20 is to be reproduced and a reproducing power Pr1 when information recorded in the L1 layer 30 is to be reproduced.

Certain aspects of a method and system for optimum channel equalization between a host Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) and an optical module may compensate and reduce dispersion loss along an electrical transmit path of a transmitter and an optical transmit path coupled to the transmitter via pre-emphasis. The data degradation as a result of the dispersion loss along the electrical transmit path of the transmitter and the optical transmit path coupled to the transmitter may be recovered by equalizing signals received via an electrical receive path of a receiver communicatively coupled to the transmitter.

A disk array system of the type that each controller has an independent and dedicated cache. The disk array system can change control of a desired volume between desired controllers without suspending the system. When volumes are taken over between controllers, a switch-source controller de-stages data of a subject volume on the data cache to a storage subject disk to maintain the disk content reflection (coherency). Even if each controller has an independent and dedicated cache, a desired volume can be taken over between desired controllers without suspending the system. Each controller has a configuration manager which stores the controller number of a switch-destination controller to allow automatic volume take-over and automatic control by the original controller.

Certain aspects of a method and system for optimum channel equalization between a host Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) and an optical module may compensate and reduce dispersion loss along an electrical transmit path of a transmitter and an optical transmit path coupled to the transmitter via pre-emphasis. The data degradation as a result of the dispersion loss along the electrical transmit path of the transmitter and the optical transmit path coupled to the transmitter may be recovered by equalizing signals received via an electrical receive path of a receiver communicatively coupled to the transmitter.

A system and method for CT image acquisition with increased slice acquisition and minimal image data degradation is provided. The system includes an x-ray projection source positioned that projects a cone beam of x-rays from a focal spot of the x-ray projection source toward an object and a plurality of detector modules positioned on the rotatable gantry to receive x-rays attenuated by the object. Each of the detector modules includes a module frame having a top surface that includes a plurality of facets formed thereon constructed so as to be oriented at differing angles relative to the focal spot and a plurality of sub-modules positioned on the plurality of facets to receive the x-rays attenuated by the object and to convert the x-rays to electrical signals, with each sub-module being oriented at an angle relative to the focal spot based on a respective facet on which the sub-module is mounted.

An apparatus, system, and method quickly backs up data in an emergency situation and reduces battery backup dependence. The apparatus may include a backup module and a dedicated computer readable storage device. The backup module interfaces with system memory and selectively transmits modified data to the storage device in response to a detected system failure. The dedicated storage device stores the modified data around the outer edge of a hard disk in order to increase write performance. The system may include the backup module, the storage device, a plurality of client devices, and a plurality of storage devices. The method includes storing modified and unmodified data, detecting a system failure, and transmitting modified data stored in a memory module to a dedicated computer readable backup device. Upon rebooting the device, the method may include restoring the modified data to the system memory and destaging the modified data to the plurality of storage devices.

In one embodiment, a data storage system includes a magnetic head having a main magnetic pole and a wrap around shield positioned around the main magnetic pole at an ABS thereof, a magnetic medium, a drive mechanism for passing the magnetic medium over the magnetic head, and a controlling mechanism electrically coupled to the magnetic head for controlling operation of the magnetic head that initiates rewriting of information of a recording track of the magnetic medium if a recording magnetic field applied to the recording track exceeds a threshold. In another embodiment, a method includes writing data to a first track of a magnetic medium using a magnetic head, determining characteristics consistent with data degradation from tracks adjacent to the first track and far tracks away from the first track using a controlling mechanism, and rewriting data in tracks determined to be degraded due to ATI and / or FTI.

Disclosed is a system for controlling write actions to a plurality of data storage devices, the system comprising a plurality of write caches, wherein each cache is associated with a set of said data storage devices; and a controller adapted to issue write permissions to said data storage devices, said write permissions including a permission to perform a data destage operation from a cache to a data storage device; wherein each cache has a first performance score expressed as the difference between the number of data destage operations said cache has in flight and the maximum number of data destage actions said cache is permitted to issue in parallel; and wherein the controller is adapted to offer a data destage operation permission to the cache in said plurality of caches associated with the highest first performance score.

A system and method for CT image acquisition with increased slice acquisition and minimal image data degradation is provided. The system includes an x-ray projection source positioned that projects a cone beam of x-rays from a focal spot of the x-ray projection source toward an object and a plurality of detector modules positioned on the rotatable gantry to receive x-rays attenuated by the object. Each of the detector modules includes a module frame having a top surface that includes a plurality of facets formed thereon constructed so as to be oriented at differing angles relative to the focal spot and a plurality of sub-modules positioned on the plurality of facets to receive the x-rays attenuated by the object and to convert the x-rays to electrical signals, with each sub-module being oriented at an angle relative to the focal spot based on a respective facet on which the sub-module is mounted.

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining whether to destage write data in cache to storage based on whether the write data has malicious data. Write data for a storage is cached in a cache. A determination is made as to whether the write data in the cache comprises random data according to a randomness criteria. The write data in the cache to the storage in response to determining that the write data does not comprise random data according to the randomness criteria. The write data is processed as malicious data after determining that the write data comprises random data according to the randomness criteria.

The embodiment of the invention provides a service request processing method, a service request processing device, a service server and a service request processing system. The service request processing method comprises the following steps: receiving a service request sent by a client; if the service request does not need to be subjected to degradation processing, generating a target page according to the target paging block data, and returning the target page to the client; if the service request needs to be subjected to degradation processing, determining target paging block data from the block data of the target page stored in the degradation data storage server; wherein the block data of the target page stored in the degradation data storage server is reported to a service server determined in advance from each service server, and the block data of the target page is stored in the degradation data storage server after the target paging block data of the target page is obtained from the service data providing server; and according to the target paging block data, generating a target page and returning the target page to the client. According to the embodiment of the invention,more business data can be sent to the client in the service degradation processing process.

The subject authentication scheme encompasses a large family of authentication systems which may be built over existing transmission systems. By superimposing a carefully designed secret modulation on the waveforms, authentication is added to the signal without requiring additional bandwidth. The authentication information (tag signal) is sent concurrently with data (message signal). The authentication is designed to be stealthy to the uninformed user, robust to interference, and secure for identity verification. The tradeoffs between these three goals are identified and analyzed. The use of the authentication for channel estimation is also considered, and improved bit errors are demonstrated for time-varying channels. With a long enough authentication code word an authentication system is achieved with very slight data degradation. Additionally, by treating the authentication tag as a sequence of pilot symbols, the data recovery may be improved by the aware receiver.

A generalized radix-2 block transform method enables true split and merge transform processing of equal sized data halves in the transform domain enabling recursive merges and splits in transform domain data degradation. Input data in the time domain or spatial domain during either the split and merge radix-2 forward transform processing is firstly transform processed followed by combinational processing. Whole transformed data is split using combinational processing into transformed data halves in the transform domain as a true split. The transformed halves are merged using combinational processing into whole merged transformed data in the transform domain. Time or spatial domain input data can be transformed into the transform domain in the form of split halves or merged whole. The split halves can be merged by the merge process combinational processing and the merged whole can be split by the split process combinational processing.

A data storage system includes a pre-cache and a plurality of storage devices across which a data storage array is distributed. In response to receipt of a write request specifying a logical address and write data, the data storage system buffers the write request among a plurality of write requests in the pre-cache without provisioning in the data storage array a physical extent corresponding to the logical address. A management node analyzes the plurality of write requests buffered in the pre-cache. In response to the analyzing identifying a first pattern of write requests, the management node provisions, in the data storage array, a first physical extent having a smaller grain size and destages the write data to the first physical extent. In response to the analyzing identifying a second pattern of write requests, the management node provisions a second physical extent having a larger grain size and destages the write data from the pre-cache to the second physical extent.

The invention relates to an image registration method and system based on a feature guiding GMM and an edge image. Edge images of two to-be-matched images are calculated, feature point sets of the edge images are extracted, according to feature description vectors, a membership degree of a GMM model is set, a model corresponding to geometric transformation between to-be-matched images is established, and a model parameter is calculated by using an optimization method; a posterior probability of a matching point of a feature point in another feature point set of a feature point in the feature point set is calculated again and whether the feature points are matched points mutually is determined according to a threshold value. According to the invention, modeling is carried out for an affine transformation phenomenon between to-be-matched images; and compared with the previous optimization method, the provided method has better robustness and higher accuracy; and the performances are stable under the circumstance that the data degradation is severe.