System configuration selection in a storage system
US10929231B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1076
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Ensuring crash-safe forward progress of a system configuration update in a storage system that includes a storage array controller and a plurality of storage devices, including: determining a number of storage devices in the storage system; determining a number of unavailable storage devices in the storage system; and determining, for the one or more system configurations, whether the system configuration can be reconstructed in dependence upon the number of storage devices in the storage system and the number of unavailable storage devices in the storage system.
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