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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
David W. Desroches, Methuen, MA (US);
Kiran Madnani, Framingham, MA (US);
David W. DesRoches, Methuen, MA (US);
Kiran Madnani, Framingham, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product for detecting an additional storage device within an 'n' device array. The 'n' device array is configured to store “n” device array formatted data. The “n” device array is reconfigured into an “n+m” device array. The “n” device array formatted data is written to the “n+m” device array in an “n+m” device array format. Reconfiguring the “n” device array may include converting the “n” device array formatted data into “n+m” device array formatted data. The “n+m” device array may comprise two storage devices including a mirrored storage device, or may include at least three storage devices including a coded target storage device such as a parity storage device. The coded target storage device may be a distributed coded target as in a RAID array.