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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Rongrong Shang, Beijing, CN;
Ruiyong Jia, Beijing, CN;
Shuai Ni, Beijing, CN;
Sihang Xia, Beijing, CN;
Zhenhua Zhao, Beijing, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques involve: in response to adding a second set of disks into a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) including a first set of disks and a total number of disks in the first and second sets exceeding a predetermined threshold, determining types and numbers of disks in the first and second sets, respectively; determining, based on the types and numbers of the disks determined and a performance indicator of the RAID having the added second set, respective types and numbers of disks comprised in a plurality of sets to which the disks in the RAID are to be allocated; and performing, based on the type and number of disks in the first set and the respective types and numbers of disks, an allocation of a disk in the first set to one of the plurality of sets, until all the disks in the first set have been allocated.