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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
May. 06, 2004
Andrew B. Mcneill, Jr., Morrisville, NC (US);
Thomas H. Newsom, Cary, NC (US);
Andrew B. McNeill, Jr., Morrisville, NC (US);
Thomas H. Newsom, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A storage subsystem such as an array of disk drives, method of managing disk drives in the storage subsystem and program product therefor. The storage subsystem may be a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) and the individual disks drives may be Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) capable drives. When one of the drives gives an indication of an impending failure, a disk image of the failing disk is built on an available spare disk. Once the image is complete, the failing disk may be replaced without down time for rebuilding a failed disk.
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