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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Phillip P. Fultz, Clinton, MA (US);
Kiran Madnani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manpreet Singh, Boxborough, MA (US);
Inventors:
Phillip P. Fultz, Clinton, MA (US);
Kiran Madnani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manpreet Singh, Boxborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 17/30221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is used for managing degraded storage elements in data storage systems. A storage element experiencing degradation is identified where the storage element is a member of a first RAID group of storage elements. A first slice of data associated with the storage element is identified. The first slice of data is copied to a second RAID group of storage elements.