System and method for recovering from a drive failure in a storage array
US7363532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2094
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for recovering from a drive failure in a storage array is disclosed in which a spare drive array is provided in the event of a failure in one of the active drives of the storage array. The spare drive array is comprised of multiple drives that are comprised in a RAID 0 configuration to reduce the time required to rebuild the content of the failed drive on the spare drive.
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