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Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Robert J. Anderson, London, GB;

Neal T. Fachan, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter J. Godman, Seattle, WA (US);

Justin M. Husted, Seattle, WA (US);

Aaron J. Passey, Seattle, WA (US);

David W. Richards, Seattle, WA (US);

Darren P. Schack, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Robert J. Anderson, London, GB;

Neal T. Fachan, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter J. Godman, Seattle, WA (US);

Justin M. Husted, Seattle, WA (US);

Aaron J. Passey, Seattle, WA (US);

David W. Richards, Seattle, WA (US);

Darren P. Schack, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In some embodiments, storage devices, such as a storage drive or a storage node, in an array of storage devices may be reintroduced into the array of storage devices after a period of temporary unavailability without fully rebuilding the entire previously unavailable storage device.


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