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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Makoto Fukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Fukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A disk interface controller () connected to a plurality of HDDS () is provided in the disk array apparatus. The plural HDDStoconstitute a RAID. Three new hard disks having a larger storage capacity than that of an existing HDD are prepared. The existing HDDis replaced with a new HDDThe data stored in the existing HDDis reconstructed by the existing HDDand HDDto be stored in the new HDDThus, the existing HDDand HDDare successively replaced with new HDDand HDDand the data to be stored is reconstructed by the other two HDDS. After all of three HDDs are replaced with new ones, configuration information existing in each new HDD is modified to expand the storage capacity of each new HDD.