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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2008
Applicants:

Mikio Ito, Kawasaki, JP;

Hidejirou Daikokuya, Kawasaki, JP;

Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Mikio Ito, Kawasaki, JP;

Hidejirou Daikokuya, Kawasaki, JP;

Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1662 (2013.01); G06F 11/004 (2013.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 11/2087 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect of an embodiment, a storage system for storing data from a host device, comprising: a plurality of storage units for storing data, in a manner to enable recovery of data stored in one of said storage units by the use of data stored in the rest of storage units; an extra storage unit; and a controller for controlling said storage units and said extra storage unit according to a process comprising: receiving information indicative of fault prediction in one of storage units, recovering data stored in said one of said storage units by the use of data storage in the rest of said storage units, and writing the recovered data into said extra storage unit.


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