Self managing fixed configuration raid disk in headless appliance
US6754767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0689
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A headless computer entity comprises a RAID array data storage device. The headless computer entity contains a management application, capable of configuring said RAID data storage device from a blank unformatted condition into a plurality of RAID volumes, and maintaining said RAID data storage device when in operation under error conditions, and reconfiguring said RAID data storage device under conditions of replacement of a physical data storage component of said RAID array.
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