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Hard disk fault handling method, array controller, and hard disk

US11264055B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2021
Grant dateMar 1, 2022
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B20/1883
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage array includes a plurality of hard disks, where each of the hard disks is divided into a plurality of chunks, and a plurality of chunks of different hard disks form a chunk group by using a redundancy algorithm. The storage array obtains fault information of a faulty area in a first hard disk, and determines a faulty chunk storing the lost data according to the fault information. The storage array recovers the data in the faulty chunk by using another chunk in a chunk group to which the faulty chunk belongs and stores the recovered data in a recovered chunk. The recovered chunk is located in a second hard disk which is not a hard disk for forming the chunk group.

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