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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Bruce Allen Bicknell, Mound, MN (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Paul William Burnett, Savage, MN (US);
Robert John German, Jordan, MN (US);
Robert George Bean, Monument, CO (US);
Bruce Allen Bicknell, Mound, MN (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Paul William Burnett, Savage, MN (US);
Robert John German, Jordan, MN (US);
Robert George Bean, Monument, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage subsystem in a distributed storage system having a plurality of predictive failure analyzing data storage devices. The subsystem furthermore has a circuit that is responsive to a predicted failure indication by a data storage device in relation to predetermined rules stored in memory for deterministically initiating a preventive recovery either by a data recovery procedure in the data storage device or by a fault tolerance storage arrangement in the subsystem.