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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Cheng-ping Tan, Fremont, CA (US);
Con D. Phan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Faris R. Hindi, Mountainview, CA (US);
Inventors:
Cheng-Ping Tan, Fremont, CA (US);
Con D. Phan, Milpitas, CA (US);
Faris R. Hindi, Mountainview, CA (US);
Assignee:
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A type of flaw present in a mass storage device can be inferred by examining the results of I/O operations performed on only a portion of the device, without testing or examining the entire device.