Intelligent hotspare or "SmartSpare" drive with pre-emptive drive rebuild
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJared Terry, Dhiraj Sehgal
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Abstract
An intelligent hotspare drive with pre-emptive drive rebuild is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for rebuilding a drive using an intelligent hotspare drive in an information handling system including detecting an error in a first drive in an information handling system such that the error indicates a possible drive failure. The method further includes automatically rebuilding the first drive with the detected problem using a second drive in the information handling system such that the second drive begins to mirror the first drive even though the first drive has not failed.
Claims20
A method of rebuilding a drive using an intelligent hotspare drive in an information handling system, comprising:
- detecting an error in a first drive in an information handling system such that the error indicates a possible drive failure;
- and
- automatically rebuilding the first drive with the detected problem using a second drive in the information handling system such that the second drive begins to mirror the first drive even though the first drive has not failed.
An information handling system, comprising:
- a processor coupled to a processor bus;
- a memory coupled to the processor bus, the memory communicatively coupled with the processor;
- a first drive and a second drive operably connected to the processor and the memory;
- wherein the second drive operable to rebuild the first drive upon the detection of an error in the first drive such that the second drive begins to mirror the first drive even though the first drive has not failed.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of rebuilding a drive using an intelligent hotspare drive in an information handling system, comprising:
- instructions for detecting an error in a first drive in an information handling system such that the error indicates a possible drive failure;
- and
- instructions for automatically rebuilding the first drive with the detected problem using a second drive in the information handling system such that the second drive begins to mirror the first drive even though the first drive has not failed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.