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Disk array device and disk array device control method

US9164838B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 25, 2012
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2211/1073
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A disk array device includes hard disks from which RAID groups are configured. Therein, a volume setting unit sets one or more used areas. A data check control unit determines, on the basis of the state into which the used areas have been set, which areas in the RAID groups are subject to a diagnosis. A data check execution unit that executes a cyclical diagnosis on the areas determined, by the data check control unit, to be those subject to a diagnosis.

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