Method and apparatus for managing storage system

A device for managing a storage system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one processor of the one or more processors;
• computer program instructions stored in the memory which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the device to execute a method for managing a storage system, the method comprising:
• receiving an access request with respect to the storage system;
• determining that a storage device among the plurality of storage devices has failed;
• in response to the access request being an access request with respect to the failed storage device, serving the access request with data in the buffer device so as to reduce internal data access in the storage system at least in part by:
• in response to the access request being a writing request, writing target data associated with the access request to a target page in the buffer device, and
• delaying flushing data in the target page to the storage device at least in part by adding the target page to a first waiting queue including a data page associated with the failed storage device, determining a first priority for the first waiting queue, and, in at least one round of flushing, flushing data in a data page in the first waiting queue to a further storage device on the basis of the first priority, wherein flushing data in the data page in the first waiting queue to the further storage device on the basis of the first priority comprises:
• in response to the first priority not satisfying a predetermined condition, updating the first priority according to an updating rule, the updating rule making the updated first priority much closer to the predetermined condition than the first priority;
• and
• in response to the first priority satisfying the predetermined condition, flushing data in the data page in the first waiting queue to the further storage device;
• determining a second priority for a second waiting queue in the buffer device, the second waiting queue including a data page associated with a second storage device other than the failed storage device;
• and
• in at least one round of flushing, flushing data in the data page in the second waiting queue to the second storage device on the basis of the second priority.