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Disk control apparatus, method of detecting failure of disk apparatus, and recording medium for disk diagnosis program

US8977892B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 5, 2012
Grant dateMar 10, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/415
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk control apparatus includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor in which executes a process as follows. The process includes diagnosing whether or not a failure has occurred on each of a plurality of disk apparatuses, determining, when the failure has occurred, whether or not the failure is a pre-defined failure, and excluding from diagnosis targets, when the failure is the pre-defined failure, a disk apparatus group included in a RAID together with a failed disk apparatus that is determined to have the pre-defined failure in the plurality of disk apparatuses.

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