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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2020
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nicholas Michael O'Rourke, Southampton, GB;
Gemma Izen, Winchester, GB;
Mark Keith Elliott, Hampshire, GB;
Daniel Paul Dent, Totton, GB;
Dominic Tomkins, Hook, GB;
Alastair Cooper, Winchester, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Method and system are provided for dynamic rebuild capability in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) arrays using compressing drives. The method includes providing an array including a physical rebuild area for the multiple drives of the array and dynamically adjusting a number of allocated rebuild zones available within the rebuild area, wherein each allocated rebuild zone has capacity to store a drive rebuild based on a current physical usage of the multiple drives of the array.