SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING START OF DAY TIME AVAILABILITY AND/OR PERFORMANCE OF AN ARRAY CONTROLLER

摘要

An apparatus comprising a storage array, a controller, a cache storage area and a backup storage area. The storage array may include a plurality of storage devices. The controller may be configured to send one or more commands configured to control reading and writing data to and from the storage array. The commands may include volume configuration information used by each of the plurality of storage devices. The cache storage area may be within the controller and may be configured to store a copy of the commands. The backup storage area may be configured to store the copy of the commands during a power failure.