Systems and methods for providing accelerated data storage and retrieval utilizing lossless data compression and decompression. A data storage accelerator includes one or a plurality of high speed data compression encoders that are configured to simultaneously or sequentially losslessly compress data...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20070050514?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070050514 - SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL