Accelerated rebuild and zero time rebuild in raid systems
US8977893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1092
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A RAID data storage system incorporates permanently empty blocks into each stripe, distributed among all the data storage devices, to accelerate rebuild time by reducing the number of blocks that need to be rebuilt in the event of a failure.
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