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Storage control apparatus and storage control apparatus control method

US8719620B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2011
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 17, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1092
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention reduces the amount of rebuild processing and executes a rebuild process efficiently. Multiple storage devices configure a parity group. Of the multiple storage devices, a prescribed storage device in which a failure has occurred is blocked. Each storage device stores management information. The management information manages from among the storage areas of the storage device a prescribed area having data from a higher-level apparatus. A controller determines whether a storage area of the prescribed storage device is the prescribed area based on the management information, and executes a rebuild process with respect to the area determined to be the prescribed area.

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