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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2008
Michael Andres, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Giovanni Cautillo, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Hess, Bad Liebanzell, DE;
Markus Strasser, Metzingen, DE;
Michael Andres, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Giovanni Cautillo, Stuttgart, DE;
Thomas Hess, Bad Liebanzell, DE;
Markus Strasser, Metzingen, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for dynamically assigning a plurality of storage devices to a plurality of controllers within a storage unit, the method including: sensing each storage device from the plurality of storage devices; assigning each one of the storage devices to a respective controller from the plurality of controllers; monitoring at least one of each storage device, each controller, and a link between each storage device and the respective controller; upon a failure of at least one of the link, one of the storage devices and one of the controllers, generating a list of components; transmitting the list to another controller; and establishing a new assignment for each of the components on the list. A storage unit and a computer program product are provided.