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Detection and mitigation of disk failures

US7805630B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 2006
Grant dateSep 28, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/2516
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus to detect and mitigate disk failure is disclosed. The method may collect data from a disk from time to time and by analyzing the data, may provide an alert that there is a bad disk.

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