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Managing storage device evacuation

US11112990B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 2020
Grant dateSep 7, 2021
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/105
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Managing storage device evacuation that includes a plurality of storage devices, including: detecting, by the storage system, an occurrence of a storage device evacuation event associated with a source storage device within a write group, wherein the write group is a subset of storage devices storing a data set; responsive to detecting the occurrence of the storage device evacuation event, identifying, by the storage system, a target storage device for receiving data stored on the source storage device; and migrating, by the storage system, the data stored on the source storage device to the target storage device.

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