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US 2006/0143504 A1Published application
Quick drive replacement detection on a live raid system
AssigneeLSI Logic Corporation
InventorJose Manoj
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a disk array and a controller. The disk array may be configured to send and receive data from the controller. The disk array generally comprises a plurality of disk drives each configured to store a drive signature. The controller may be configured to (i) receive a data signal and one or more address signals and (ii) present data to the disk array.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a disk array configured to send and receive data from a controller, said disk array comprising a plurality of disk drives each configured to store a drive signature;
- and
- said controller is configured to (i) receive a data signal and one or more address signals and (ii) present data to said disk array.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for implementing a disk array configured to send and receive data from a controller, said disk array comprising a plurality of disk drives each configured to store a drive signature;
- and
- means for implementing said controller configured to (i) receive a data signal and one or more address signals and (ii) present data to said disk array.
A method for implementing a drive replacement in a drive array comprising the steps of:
- (A) implementing a disk array configured to send and receive data from a controller, said disk array comprising a plurality of disk drives each configured to store a drive signature;
- and
- (B) implementing said controller configured to (i) receive a data signal and one or more address signals and (ii) present data to said disk array, in response to one or more I/O commands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.