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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Tintri Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lei Tian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Shobhit Dayal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward K. Lee, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tintri Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 11/1092 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01);
Abstract
Efficient use of spare device(s) associated with a group of devices is disclosed, including: receiving a set of data; storing the set of data across a group of devices according to a protocol; determining a set of additional data units associated with the set of data; and storing the set of additional data units in a spare device associated with the group of devices, wherein the spare device is available to be used in the event of a failure of a device included in the group of devices, including by overwriting the set of additional data units as needed.