International Business Machines Corporation

Jeremy Leigh Royall

Karl Allen Nielsen

Xue Feng Gao

Micah Robison

David Ray Kahler

Keith Geoffrey Morrison

Roah Jishi

For preventing data loss in storage systems a detection is made that a storage device in a plurality of storage devices is experiencing a malfunction. The type of malfunction is determined. A SMART rebuilding technique, a normal building technique, a data migration technique, or a user data backup technique is selected to preserve the data in the storage device based on the determined type of the malfunction. The selected technique is performed on the storage device.

Systems and methods for preventing data loss

For preventing data loss in storage systems, a detection is made that a storage device in a plurality of storage devices is experiencing a malfunction. The type of malfunction is determined. A SMART rebuilding technique, a normal building technique, a data migration technique, or a user data backup technique is selected to preserve the data in the storage device based on the determined type of the malfunction. The selected technique is performed on the storage device.

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Jeremy Leigh Royall