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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2006
George Cabrera, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Raymond C. Chen, Campbell, CA (US);
Paul C. Eastham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sreelatha Reddy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George Cabrera, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Raymond C. Chen, Campbell, CA (US);
Paul C. Eastham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sreelatha Reddy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for handling a fault in a storage system comprises maintaining data in a mass storage subsystem and providing access to the data on behalf of a client. The method further comprises detecting a fault in a volume of data stored in the mass storage subsystem, determining a severity of the fault, and selecting a course of action in response to the fault, based on the severity of the fault.