Invention Grant
US09280482B2 Methods and systems for provisioning a bootable image on to an external drive
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将可引导映像配置到外部驱动器的方法和系统
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for provisioning a bootable image on to an external drive
- Patent Title (中): 将可引导映像配置到外部驱动器的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13714385Application Date: 2012-12-13
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Publication No.: US09280482B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: James Lin , Edwin Barnes
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Main IPC: G06F12/08
- IPC: G06F12/08 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F9/44
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of optimizing the provisioning of a bootable image onto a storage device. In some embodiments, a host device executes a provisioning application to image a storage drive as a bootable drive. During the provisioning process, the storage device is configured to disguise its use of write caching during the provisioning process. In one embodiment, the storage device is configured to suppress forced unit access commands and cache flush commands for the provisioning application. In another embodiment, the storage device is configured to reject forced unit access commands. The storage device may disguise its use of write caching based on various criteria, such as a length of time, a counter, and the like.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140173215A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING A BOOTABLE IMAGE ON TO AN EXTERNAL DRIVE Public/Granted day:2014-06-19
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