Automatic raid mirroring when adding a second boot drive
AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTHOMAS E. LUDWIG, JOHN E. MARONEY
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Abstract
A storage system including a first boot drive configured to store an operating system, one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives distinct from the first boot drive, and a controller configured to detect when a second boot drive is added to the storage system, and automatically configure the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“RAID”) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive is added to the storage system.
Claims24
A storage system comprising:
- a first boot drive configured to store an operating system;
- one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives distinct from the first boot drive;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- detect when a second boot drive is added to the storage system;
- and
- automatically configure the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“RAID”) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive is added to the storage system.
A method for configuring a first boot drive and a second boot drive in a storage system, the method comprising:
- detecting when the second boot drive is added to the storage system using a controller in the storage system, wherein the storage system further comprises one or more data drives distinct from the first boot drive;
- and
- automatically configuring the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“RAID”) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive is added to the storage system, wherein the first boot drive is configured to store an operating system, and the one or more data drives are configured to store user data.
A server comprising:
- a boot drive configured to store an operating system;
- one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives distinct from the boot drive;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- provide a selection for the one or more data drives between a redundant array of independent disks (“RAID”) configuration and an extent based file system configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.