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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Philip Anthony Richardson, Apex, NC (US);
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Cary, NC (US);
Linda Ann Riedle, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for storing data in a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) data storage subsystem is disclosed. The RAID data storage subsystem includes a plurality of drives. The method and system include temporarily storing data in a first portion of the plurality of drives using a first RAID level and relatively permanently storing the data in a second portion the plurality of drives using a second RAID level. The step of relatively permanently storing the data is performed at a time when performance of the system is not substantially affected by storage using the second RAID level. Furthermore, the temporary storing step and the step of storing the data using the second RAID level may be performed throughout operation of the RAID data storage subsystem. Thus, RAID data may be cached using the first RAID level, then relatively permanently stored using the second RAID level.