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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Krishnamoorthy Anantharaman, Karnataka, IN;
Michael D. Garvey, Brimfield, MA (US);
Andrew Chanler, Berlin, MA (US);
Dale Elliott, Northborough, MA (US);
Stephen Richard Ives, West Boylston, MA (US);
Prakash Venkatanarayanan, Karnataka, IN;
Kevin E. Granlund, Sutton, MA (US);
Edward S. Robins, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1092 (2013.01);
Abstract
Individual storage devices of a RAID group are monitored for faults. A health indicator for each storage device is calculated based on fault growth rate. Non-failed storage device are swapped out based on the health indicator. Techniques for monitoring the storage devices include background media scans and growth list polling.