Huazhong University of Science and Technology Assigned Patent

Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China, has been assigned a patent (12001278) developed by Hu; Yuchong, Cheng; Liangfeng, Yao; Qiaori, Ke; Zhaokang, and Xu; Jia, Hubei, China, for “wide stripe data storage and constructing, repairing and updating method thereof.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A wide stripe data storage and a constructing, repairing and updating method thereof are provided. In the wide stripe data storage, a stripe is (n, k, r, z) and comprises local groups and a global group comprising a rack for storing global parity blocks; each local group comprises r + 1 c racks, each rack has different storage nodes for storing data blocks or local parity blocks, the total number of the data blocks and the local parity blocks in each rack is c; one local parity block and r data blocks are stored in each local group; the number of the storage node in each rack is greater than or equal to c; c is smaller than or equal to the node fault-tolerant capability f of the wide stripe based on fault-tolerant attribute of the rack; the number of the global parity blocks is f?1; z is the total number of the racks.”

The patent application was filed on 2022-07-14 (17/865313).