In a redundant array of disk storage units which independently accesses data blocks on different units and which uses parity blocks for data protection, parity blocks are confined to specific address ranges of each respective disk unit (rows of the array), each row containing multiple parity blocks....http://www.google.fr/patents/US5537567?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5537567 - Parity block configuration in an array of storage devices
Parity block configuration in an array of storage devices