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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jian Gao, Beijing, CN;
Geng Han, Beijing, CN;
Jamin Jianbin Kang, Beijing, CN;
Hongpo Gao, Beijing, CN;
Shaoqin Gong, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, device and a computer program product for managing a storage system. The storage system includes a disk array. A method includes determining, based on a first number of disks in the disk array, a second number of spare disks for the disk array. The method further includes creating a spare disk array with the second number of spare disks. The method further includes, in response to a first disk in the disk array failing, allocating a spare logic storage unit from the spare disk array for rebuilding the first disk. In addition, the method further includes rebuilding the first disk with the spare logic storage unit.