Hard disk drive background scrub methodology
US7346806B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2211/1088
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product for recovering from data errors. In a SCSI hard drive system, when a unrecoverable data error condition is encountered, the logical block address is reassigned using information provided by the data scrubbing functionality of the SCSI hard drive.
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