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Reliability enhancement in a distributed storage system

US9336091B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 2014
Grant dateMay 10, 2016
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/84
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Machines, systems and methods for enhancing data recovery in a data storage system, the method comprising determining whether one or more data storage mediums in a data storage system are unavailable; determining data that are at a risk of loss, due to said one or more data storage mediums being unavailable; from among the data that is determined to be at the risk of loss, identifying data that is highly vulnerable to loss; and creating one or more temporary replicas of the data that is highly vulnerable to loss.

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