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Method, device, and system for determining drive letter

US9442676B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 2013
Grant dateSep 13, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1076
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for determining a drive letter, including: obtaining a number of a port connecting a redundant array of independent disk RAID controller to an exchange chip and a location number, of a disk, meeting a report condition in each RAID group under the control of the RAID controller, where the location number, of the disk, meeting the report condition is a location number, of a disk, on a preset location after location numbers of all disks included in each RAID group when each RAID group is configured, are sorted according to a preset sequence; and determining a drive letter corresponding to each RAID group according to the number of the port connecting the RAID controller to the exchange chip and the location number, of the disk, meeting the report condition in each RAID group.

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