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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;
Pamela C. Durham, Apex, NC (US);
Henry Pesulima, Raleigh, NC (US);
Eric A. Stegner, Durham, NC (US);
Julian Sia Kai Tan, Singapore, SG;
Eric W. Townsend, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Abstract
An array can include a controller and multiple storage devices of a first type. When a storage device of the first type is replaced by a replacement storage device of a second type, and other storage devices of the first type remain in the array, the controller instructs the replacement storage device to configure itself as a storage device of the first type. When the last storage device of the first type in the array is replaced by a replacement storage device of the second type, the controller instructs all the storage devices of the array to configure themselves as storage devices of the second type.