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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
Applicant:
Jose K. Manoj, Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Jose K. Manoj, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for responding to a particular drive being removed from a drive array, comprising the steps of (A) determining a maximum drive response time of the particular drive being removed from the drive array; (B) determining a duration of each of one or more commands needing completion; (C) if a particular one of the commands takes longer than the maximum drive response time, aborting the particular command and checking if the drive is physically present; and (D) if the command takes less than the maximum drive response time, completing the command.