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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Sugawara, Yokohama, JP;
Hironori Kanno, Fussa, JP;
Yasuyuki Nagashima, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Toda, Kawasaki, JP;
Kotaro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masahide Kanegae, Fujisawa, JP;
Keiichi Yorimitsu, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a drive array apparatus includes a plurality of data storage drives constituting a drive array and a controller. The controller divides all data storage areas of each of the data storage drives into a plurality of logical unit areas and associates and manages each of the logical unit areas and each of the data storage drives. The controller identifies a logical unit area of an error occurrence object based on a notification from a data storage drive where an error occurred, restores data of the identified logical unit area, and performs reconfiguration processing of the drive array.