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Hard disk drive background scrub methodology

US7346806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 2004
Grant dateMar 18, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 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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