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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company, Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company, LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1096 (2013.01); G06F 3/0607 (2013.01); G06F 3/0632 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 2211/1004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a request to reconfigure a data array that currently includes N data drives and P parity drives to include N data drives and P+1 parity drives; confirming the availability of the P+1 parity drive; and distributing a plurality of new parity portions across the N data drives and P+1 parity drives.