Mitac Computing Technology Assigned Patent

Mitac Computing Technology Corp., Taoyuan, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (11,435,915) developed by Lee, Tsung-Yin, Lee, Jen-Chih, and Lin, Yi-Lan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, for a “method for managing hard disk drive expanders in a cluster storage system.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for managing HDD expanders in a cluster storage system is provided. The method according to one embodiment is implemented by each of the HDD expanders, and includes: indicating a device type of HDD expander to a parent node thereof when a device-type request originates from the parent node, and indicating a device type not of HDD expander to the parent node otherwise. The method according to another embodiment is implemented by each HDD expander connected indirectly to a root node, and includes: indicating a device type not of HDD expander to the root node when a device-type request originates from the root node, and indicating a device type of HDD expander to a node that initiates the device-type request otherwise.”

The patent application was filed on June 11, 2020 (16/898,522).