Disallowing disengagement of a drive component
US10109323B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/128
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of controlling a computing device includes detecting a user input request to disengage a drive component from a computing device, the computing device comprising a multiple-drive storage system having a plurality of drive components forming a single logical unit, and determining whether or not disengaging the drive component would cause failure of the multiple-drive storage system. The method includes disallowing disengagement of the drive component from the computing device in response to determining that disengaging the drive component would cause failure of the multiple-drive storage system, and allowing disengagement of the drive component from the computing device in response to determining that disengaging the drive component would not cause failure of the multiple-drive storage system.
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