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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2024
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Paul Nehse, Livermore, CA (US);
Michael Thiels, San Martin, CA (US);
Dale Stephenson, Buford, GA (US);
Devendra Kulkarni, Santa Clara, CA (US);
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A physical extent manager (PEM) receives a first message indicating a first PE of a first redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array of a disk has failed. The PEM determines a plurality of spare physical extents (PEs) available for reconstruction, the plurality of spare PEs including a first spare PE and a second spare PE. The PEM determines that the first spare PE has previously been assigned to a second PE of a second RAID array for reconstruction. The PEM determines that the first PE is able to use the first spare PE for reconstruction as the first spare PE meets the array row rule for the first PE and that the second PE is able to use the second spare PE for reconstruction as the second spare PE meets the array row rule for the second PE.