A method and apparatus for enabling an on-line reconfiguration of striped data in a disk array storage device. A replicated copy of the striped logical device is made in parallel with host operations. A logical device with a new configuration is then substituted for access by the host application even...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US6546457?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US6546457 - Method and apparatus for reconfiguring striped logical devices in a disk array storage