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| 20100288404 | Highly-Filled, High-Viscosity Paste Charge, And Method And Device For Production Thereof - A highly-filled paste, and a method and device of de-aerating and injecting the paste, the paste including: (a) a solid filler; (b) an organic binder, and (c) a residual gas, wherein the paste contains at least 80 volume-% of the solid filler and has a viscosity exceeding 100 kilopascal·seconds, wherein the filler, binder, and residual gas are intimately mixed so as to form a substantially homogeneous paste, and wherein a composition of the solid filler, binder, and residual gas is selected such that the homogeneous paste has: an average density greater than 98.5% of a Theoretical Maximum Density (TMD). | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110209600 | Highly-Filled, High-Viscosity Paste Charge, And Method And Device For Production Thereof - A highly-filled paste, and a method and device of de-aerating and injecting the paste, the paste including: (a) a solid filler; (b) an organic binder, and (c) a residual gas, wherein the paste contains at least 80 volume-% of the solid filler and has a viscosity exceeding 100 kilopascal·seconds, wherein the filler, binder, and residual gas are intimately mixed so as to form a substantially homogeneous paste, and wherein a composition of the solid filler, binder, and residual gas is selected such that the homogeneous paste has: an average density greater than 98.5% of a Theoretical Maximum Density (TMD). | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209805 | Highly-Filled, High-Viscosity Paste Charge, And Method And Device For Production Thereof - A highly-filled paste, and a method and device of de-aerating and injecting the paste, the paste including: (a) a solid filler; (b) an organic binder, and (c) a residual gas, wherein the paste contains at least 80 volume-% of the solid filler and has a viscosity exceeding 100 kilopascal·seconds, wherein the filler, binder, and residual gas are intimately mixed so as to form a substantially homogeneous paste, and wherein a composition of the solid filler, binder, and residual gas is selected such that the homogeneous paste has: an average density greater than 98.5% of a Theoretical Maximum Density (TMD). | 09-01-2011 |
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| 20080254082 | Methods for Crop Protection - The invention relates to a method for crop protection comprising administering to one or both of the crop and its environment a composition comprising a carrier; and microcapsules having a core material comprising a pesticide encapsulated by a silica shell, wherein the silica shell constitutes up to 10% w/w out of the total weight of the microcapsules, and wherein said administration gives rise to pesticide activity with immediate onset and prolonged effect. The invention further relates to a method for acute treatment of a pest-infested crop. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100016443 | METHOD FOR PREPARING PARTICLES COMPRISING METAL OXIDE COATING AND PARTICLES WITH METAL OXIDE COATING - The invention relates to a process for coating a solid, water-insoluble particulate matter, with a metal oxide comprising: (a) contacting the solid, water-insoluble particulate matter with an ionic additive and an aqueous medium to obtain a dispersion of said particulate matter having positive charges on its surface; (b) subjecting the particulate matter to a coating procedure comprising precipitating a metal oxide salt onto the surface of the particulate matter to form a metal oxide layer thereon to thereby obtain particulate matter coated by a metal oxide coating layer; (c) repeating step (b) at least 4 more times; and (d) aging said coating layer. The invention further relates to particles comprising a particulate matter coated by a metal oxide layer, to a use of the particles for topical administration, and to a method for preventing, reducing, or eliminating pests at a locus, using the particles. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100047357 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TOPICAL APPLICATION COMPRISING A PEROXIDE AND RETINOID - The invention relates to a composition for topical application comprising as an active ingredient a peroxide and a retinoid wherein one of said peroxide and retinoid is in the form of first microparticles comprising a solid particulate matter of the active ingredient coated by a metal oxide layer and the other of said peroxide and retinoid is present in an uncoated free form or in a coated form of the active ingredient. The invention further relates to method for treating a surface condition in a subject using said composition, a method for preparing a composition exhibiting improved stability, and a kit comprising: (a) a first composition comprising a peroxide as a first active ingredient; and (b) a second composition comprising a retinoid as a second active ingredient; at least one of said first and said second active ingredient being coated by a metal oxide layer. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100203121 | FORMATION OF NANOMETRIC CORE-SHELL PARTICLES HAVING A METAL OXIDE SHELL - A process for preparing nanocapsules having a core-shell structure, comprising: | 08-12-2010 |
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| 20090190238 | OPTICS FOR AN EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD - An optical imaging assembly ( | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100296179 | OPTICS FOR AN EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD - An optical imaging assembly having cylindrical symmetry, comprising a plurality of lenses having surfaces with curvatures and spacings between the surfaces, such that an optical image formed by the plurality of lenses has a defocus aberration coefficient greater than 0.1 at a focal plane of the assembly. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110169931 | IN-VIVO IMAGING DEVICE WITH DOUBLE FIELD OF VIEW AND METHOD FOR USE - An in-vivo imaging device incorporating a double field of view imaging system, having a wide field of view with moderate magnification, and a narrow field of view with substantially higher magnification, axially superimposed thereon. A single imaging array is used for both fields of view. At least some of the optical elements are shared between both of the two different field of view imaging systems. The imaging elements for the high magnification system, being of substantially smaller diameters than those of the low magnification system, are disposed coaxially with the imaging elements of the low magnification system, and can thus use the same imaging array without the need for deflection mirrors, beam combiners or motion systems. Their location on the axis of the low magnification system means that a small part of the imaging plane, around its central axis, is blocked out by the high magnification components. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110205421 | WIDEBAND AMBIENT LIGHT REJECTION - Optical apparatus includes an image sensor and objective optics, which are configured to collect and focus optical radiation over a range of wavelengths along a common optical axis toward a plane of the image sensor. A dispersive element is positioned to spread the optical radiation collected by the objective optics so that different wavelengths in the range are focused along different, respective optical axes toward the plane. | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20090029292 | ENGRAVING WITH AMPLIFIER HAVING MULTIPLE EXIT PORTS - An apparatus for direct engraving comprises: a plurality of laser diode emitting at different wavelengths; a multiplexer ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090073560 | Systems and Methods for Polarization Mode Dispersion Mitigation - In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises transmitting an optical signal via the optical line, measuring a relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal near a clock frequency (or half of that frequency) while varying a polarization of the optical signal between a first state of polarization and a second state of polarization, and using the relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal to determine and correct the DGD of the optical line. Another method comprises splitting an optical signal traveling through the optical line into a first and second portions having a first and second principal states of polarization of the optical line, converting the first and second portions into a first and second electrical signals, delaying the second electrical signal to create a delayed electrical signal that compensates for a DGD of the optical line, and combining the delayed electrical signal with the first electrical signal to produce a fixed output electrical signal. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073561 | Systems and Methods for Polarization Mode Disperson Mitigation - In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises transmitting an optical signal via the optical line, measuring a relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal near a clock frequency (or half of that frequency) while varying a polarization of the optical signal between a first state of polarization and a second state of polarization, and using the relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal to determine and correct the DGD of the optical line. Another method comprises splitting an optical signal traveling through the optical line into a first and second portions having a first and second principal states of polarization of the optical line, converting the first and second portions into a first and second electrical signals, delaying the second electrical signal to create a delayed electrical signal that compensates for a DGD of the optical line, and combining the delayed electrical signal with the first electrical signal to produce a fixed output electrical signal. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090080883 | Systems and Methods for Polarization Mode Dispersion Mitigation - In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises transmitting an optical signal via the optical line, measuring a relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal near a clock frequency (or half of that frequency) while varying a polarization of the optical signal between a first state of polarization and a second state of polarization, and using the relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal to determine and correct the DGD of the optical line. Another method comprises splitting an optical signal traveling through the optical line into a first and second portions having a first and second principal states of polarization of the optical line, converting the first and second portions into a first and second electrical signals, delaying the second electrical signal to create a delayed electrical signal that compensates for a DGD of the optical line, and combining the delayed electrical signal with the first electrical signal to produce a fixed output electrical signal. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20110142445 | Systems and Methods for Polarization Mode Dispersion Mitigation - In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises transmitting an optical signal via the optical line, measuring a relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal near a clock frequency (or half of that frequency) while varying a polarization of the optical signal between a first state of polarization and a second state of polarization, and using the relative change in spectral intensity of the optical signal to determine and correct the DGD of the optical line. Another method comprises splitting an optical signal traveling through the optical line into a first and second portions having a first and second principal states of polarization of the optical line, converting the first and second portions into a first and second electrical signals, delaying the second electrical signal to create a delayed electrical signal that compensates for a DGD of the optical line, and combining the delayed electrical signal with the first electrical signal to produce a fixed output electrical signal. | 06-16-2011 |
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| 20090192503 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ADIPOSE TISSUE TREATMENT - An improved procedure for performing liposuction is obtained by utilizing a needle that includes a laser source conductor with one end of the needle being configured for insertion into a target adipose skin volume and the other end being coupled to a laser source. The needle may include one or more channels for extracting the treated adipose area. A vacuum source can be used in the extraction of the treated adipose. Further, the first end of the needle may include a cap or end-piece that reduces the build up of carbon deposits. A temperature sensor may be used as input to adjust the laser power and prevent over exposure. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110125227 | Method and System for Controlling Non-Coherent Pulsed Light - A system and method to control non-coherent pulsed light, the system including a lamp to produce non-coherent light energy in a pulsed mode, a current supply to provide energy to the system, and a switching module to control the spectral distribution and/or light intensity in the non-coherent pulsed light energy during a pulse of non-coherent light. The system may include a controller unit to control pulse parameters for a selected treatment, based on illumination data received from the light sensor. The system may include one or more changeable filters to modulate the pulses supplied to the lamp during a pulse. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20120016354 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ADIPOSE TISSUE TREATMENT - An improved procedure for performing liposuction is obtained by utilizing a needle that includes a laser source conductor with one end of the needle being configured for insertion into a target adipose skin volume and the other end being coupled to a laser source. The needle may include one or more channels for extracting the treated adipose area. A vacuum source can be used in the extraction of the treated adipose. Further, the first end of the needle may include a cap or end-piece that reduces the build up of carbon deposits. A temperature sensor may be used as input to adjust the laser power and prevent over exposure. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120022504 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ADIPOSE TISSUE TREATMENT - A method and apparatus for adipose tissue treatment whereby two types of electromagnetic radiation are applied to the volume of tissue to be treated, One type of the electromagnetic radiations being RF and the second type of electromagnetic radiation being visible or infrared radiation. | 01-26-2012 |
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| 20100201580 | ANTENNA-MODULE HYBRID CIRCUIT - A hybrid circuit with an integral antenna module, including an electronic circuit that includes circuit elements; and an antenna module including a dielectric material shaped to form a void enclosed by the dielectric material, a conducting patch on one side of the dielectric material. Wherein the circuit elements are enclosed by the dielectric material, so that the elements of the circuit are positioned inside the void formed by the dielectric material. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110169705 | Rigid elements embedded in a motor vehicle windshield - A method of embedding rigid elements in a windshield, including, cutting two sheets of glass in a desired shape to serve as an upper layer and lower layer of the windshield, inserting a layer of interlayer material for each of the two layers of glass, facing each other, between the two layers of glass, placing the rigid elements between the two layers of interlayer material, pushing the two layers of glass together to form a glass sandwich with the rigid elements and two layers of interlayer material between the upper and lower glass layers, heating the glass sandwich while applying pressure to form a unified sheet of glass; and wherein the combined thickness of the layers of interlayer material is at least as thick as the rigid elements. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110176247 | PRECISION HIGH-FREQUENCY CAPACITOR FORMED ON SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE - A precision high-frequency capacitor includes a dielectric layer formed on the front side surface of a semiconductor substrate and a first electrode on top of the dielectric layer. The semiconductor substrate is heavily doped and therefore has a low resistivity. A second electrode, insulated from the first electrode, is also formed over the front side surface. In one embodiment, the second electrode is connected by a metal-filled via to a layer of conductive material on the back side of the substrate. In alternative embodiments, the via is omitted and the second electrode is either in electrical contact with the substrate or is formed on top of the dielectric layer, yielding a pair of series-connected capacitors. ESD protection for the capacitor can be provided by a pair of oppositely-directed diodes formed in the substrate and connected in parallel with the capacitor. To increase the capacitance of the capacitor while maintaining a low effective series resistance, each of the electrodes may include a plurality of fingers, which are interdigitated with the fingers of the other electrode. The capacitor is preferably fabricated in a wafer-scale process concurrently with numerous other capacitors on the wafer, and the capacitors are then separated from each other by a conventional dicing technique. | 07-21-2011 |
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| 20100049919 | SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI (SAS) GRID STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There is provided a SAS grid storage system and a method of operating thereof. The system comprises a) a storage control grid comprising a plurality of interconnected data servers operable in accordance with at least one SAS protocol and b) a plurality of disk units adapted to store data at respective ranges of logical block addresses (LBAs), said addresses constituting an entire address space. Each disk unit comprises at least one input/output (IO) module comprising at least one internal SAS expander configured as a target with regard to the storage control grid. The plurality of disk units is operatively connected to the storage control grid in a manner enabling to each data server comprised in the storage control grid an access to each disk unit among the plurality of disk units. The method of operating the grid storage system comprises: a) assigning each LBA to a primary data server configured to have a primary responsibility for permanent storing of data and/or metadata related to the desired LBA, a secondary data server configured to take over the responsibility for said permanent storing in an event of a failure of the primary data server, and, optionally, to auxiliary secondary data server configured to take over the responsibility for said permanent storing in an event of a failure of the secondary data server; b) responsive to an I/O requests directed to a certain LBA, temporarily storing the data and metadata with respect to desired LBA in the primary data server; c) sending copies of said data/metadata from the primary data server to respective secondary data servers for temporarily storing; and d) sending permissions from the primary data server to the secondary data servers to delete the copy of data/metadata upon successful permanent storing said data/metadata. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100146206 | GRID STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - The is provided a storage system comprising a plurality of disk units adapted to store data at respective ranges of logical block addresses (LBAs), said addresses constituting an entire address space, and a storage control grid operatively connected to the plurality of disk units and comprising a plurality of data servers. The method of operating the storage system comprises: a) configuring a first data server to have a primary responsibility over a certain range of LBAs, b) configuring a second data server to have a secondary responsibility over said certain range of LBAs and to overtake the primary responsibility over said certain range of LBAs if the first server fails; c) responsive to a request to one or more LBAs within said certain range of LBAs, generating a primary cache object in the first data server and generating a redundancy object in the second data server; d) deleting said redundancy object upon successful permanent storing of data and/or metadata corresponding to said request, said storing provided by the first data server, e) if operation d) fails, using said redundancy object by the second server for providing permanent storing said data and/or metadata when overtaking primary responsibility, wherein said redundancy object is derivation of the primary cache object and need to be reconstructed in order to enable overtaking the responsibility. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100146328 | GRID STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There is provided a storage system comprising a plurality of disk units adapted to store data at respective ranges of logical block addresses (LBAs), said addresses constituting an entire address space, and a storage control grid operatively connected to the plurality of disk units and comprising a plurality of data servers, each server comprising operatively coupled cache memory and non-volatile memory. The method of operating the storage system comprises: a) configuring a first server among said plurality of data servers to have a primary responsibility for handling requests directed to a certain range of LBAs; b) continuously obtaining by the first server, information indicative of configuration and/or changes thereof related to said certain data range, thus giving rise to configuration metadata; c) saving said configuration metadata and/or derivatives thereof at one or more disk units among said plurality of disk units in accordance with a predefined criterion; d) continuously saving in cache memory of the first server said configuration metadata obtained between said savings at disk units, thus giving rise to recent configuration changes metadata; e) destaging the recent configuration changes metadata to non-volatile memory of the first server if the first server fails. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100153638 | GRID STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There is provided a storage system and method of operating thereof. The storage system comprises a plurality of disk units adapted to store data at respective ranges of logical block addresses (LBAs), said addresses constituting an entire address space divided between a plurality of virtual partitions (VP), and a storage control grid operatively connected to the plurality of disk units and comprising a plurality of data servers, each server having direct or indirect access to the entire address space. Each certain virtual partition is configured to be controlled by at least two data servers among said plurality of data servers, a primary data server configured to have a primary responsibility for handling requests directed to any range of LBAs corresponding to said certain virtual partition and a secondary data server configured to have a secondary responsibility for handling requests directed to any range of LBAs corresponding to said certain virtual partition and to overtake the primary responsibility for handling respective requests if the primary server fails. Respectively, each data server is configured to have primary responsibility over all LBAs corresponding to at least two virtual partitions and to have secondary responsibility over all LBAs corresponding to at least two other virtual partitions. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153639 | GRID STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - The is provided a method of hot backward compatible upgrade of a storage system comprising a plurality of disk units adapted to store data at respective ranges of logical block addresses (LBAs), said addresses constituting an entire address space divided between a plurality of virtual partitions (VPs), and a storage control grid operatively connected to the plurality of disk units and comprising a plurality of at least three data servers, each server having direct or indirect access to the entire address space. The method comprises: a) configuring each certain virtual partition to be controlled by at least two data servers, a primary data server configured to have a primary responsibility for handling requests directed to any range of LBAs corresponding to said certain virtual partition and a secondary data server configured to have a secondary responsibility for handling requests directed to any range of LBAs corresponding to said certain virtual partition and to overtake the primary responsibility for handling respective requests if the primary server fails; b) respectively configuring each data server among the plurality of data servers to have primary responsibility over all LBAs corresponding to at least two virtual partitions and to have secondary responsibility over all LBAs corresponding to at least two other virtual partitions; c) responsive to a shut-down of a data server for an upgrade purpose, i) re-configuring primary responsibility over each VP previously primary controlled by the shut-down server such that it becomes primary controlled by a server previously configured as a secondary server with respect to this VP; ii) re-allocating secondary responsibility over each VP previously secondary controlled by the shut-down server in a manner that each such VP becomes secondary controlled by a server other than the newly assigned server with primary responsibility. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100287408 | MASS STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There are provided a mass storage system and a method of operating thereof. The method comprises: a) dividing the storage space into a first portion configured to be available to a client and a second portion configured to be unavailable to a client, thus giving rise, respectively to an available storage space and a spare storage space; b) distributing the available space and the spare space over the disk drives thus giving rise to available space and spare space allocated to each given disk drive; c) detecting underperformance of at least one disk drive among the plurality of disk drives; d) responsive to detecting underperformance, decreasing respective available space allocated to said at least one underperforming disk drive and respectively increasing spare space allocated to said at least one underperforming disk drive thus giving rise to a re-configured allocation of the available space; and e) transferring the stored data in accordance with said re-configured allocation of the available space. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110082997 | VIRTUALIZED STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There are provided a storage system and a method of operating thereof. The method comprises: a) representing to a plurality of hosts an available logical address space divided into one or more logical groups (e.g. logical volumes, virtual partitions, snapshots, combinations of a given logical volume and its respective snapshot(s), etc.), and b) mapping between one or more contiguous ranges of addresses related to the logical address space and one or more contiguous ranges of addresses related to the physical address space, wherein said mapping is provided with the help of one or more mapping trees, each tree assigned to a separate logical group in the logical address space. Mapping between contiguous ranges of addresses related to the logical address space and contiguous ranges of addresses related to the physical address space can be a) mapping between LBA and DBA addresses; b) mapping between VUA and VDA addresses; c) mapping between LBA and VDA addresses; and d) mapping between VUA and DBA addresses, wherein virtual unit addresses (VUA) characterize a first virtual layer operable to represent the logical address space, and virtual disk addresses (VDA) characterize a second virtual layer operable to represent the physical storage space. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110202722 | Mass Storage System and Method of Operating Thereof - There are provided a storage system and a method of operating thereof. The method comprises: caching in the cache memory a plurality of data portions matching a certain criterion, thereby giving rise to the cached data portions; analyzing the succession of logical addresses characterizing the cached data portions; if the cached data portions cannot constitute a group of N contiguous data portions, where N is the number of RG members, generating a virtual stripe being a concatenation of N data portions wherein at least one data portion among said data portions is non-contiguous with respect to any other portion in the virtual stripe, and wherein the size of the virtual stripe is equal to the size of the stripe of the RAID group; destaging the virtual stripe and writing it to a respective storage device in a write-out-of-place manner. The virtual stripe can be generated responsive to receiving a write request from a client and/or responsive to receiving a write instruction from a background process. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202723 | Method of allocating raid group members in a mass storage system - There are provides an allocation module and a method of allocating a logical disk to a next member of a given RAID group. The method comprises: identifying one or more physical disks comprising at least one logical disk with already allocated member of said given RAID group, thus giving rise to allocated physical disks; identifying one or more pairs constituted by at least one allocated physical disk with non-allocated physical disks, said pairs having minimal number of RAID groups with members allocated to both physical disks in the pair, thus giving rise to a first group of pairs with minimal contention value; and selecting among the first group of pairs with minimal contention value one or more non-allocated physical disks as candidate physical disks for allocating said next member MEM | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110208914 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THEREOF - There are provided a storage system, storage control unit and method of operating thereof. A storage system comprises a permanent storage subsystem comprising a first cache memory and a non-volatile storage medium, and a storage control unit operatively coupled to said subsystem and to a second cache memory operable to cache “dirty” data pending to be written to the permanent storage subsystem and to enable, responsive to at least one command by the control storage unit, destaging said “dirty” data or part thereof to the permanent storage subsystem. The storage control unit is operable to determine achievement of a “writing criterion”, to provide, upon achieving, at least one command to the permanent storage subsystem requiring flushing destaged data or part thereof from the first cache memory to the non-volatile storage medium, and to provide at least one command to the second cache memory requiring reclassification of the “washed” data or a respective part thereof into the “clean” data, wherein the storage control unit is further operable to configure the “writing criterion” responsive to indicating one or more predefined events during an operation of the storage system. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120011313 | STORAGE SYSTEMS WITH REDUCED ENERGY CONSUMPTION - Storage systems with reduced energy consumption, methods of operating thereof, corresponding computer program products and corresponding program storage devices. Some non-limiting examples of a write method include: configuring a plurality of storage disk units such that at any given point in time there are at least two storage disk drives operating in active state in any storage disk unit; caching in a cache memory one or more write requests and generating a consolidated write request corresponding to a stripe in a RAID group; destaging the consolidated write request; and writing the destaged consolidated write request in a write out of place manner to one or more storage disk drives operating at the destage point of time in active state. Some non-limiting examples of a read method include: configuring local storage disk drives so that at any given point in time, a part of the local storage disk drives operates in low power state, wherein the local storage disk drives are operable to switch between low power state and active state; and responsive to a read request for a portion on a local storage disk drive, reading from the local storage disk drive, if active; and if the local storage disk drive is not active, enquiring if a remote mirror storage disk drive storing a copy of the portion is active, and if yes, reading from the remote mirror storage disk drive. | 01-12-2012 |