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US 8,621,271 B2Granted
Reprovisioning a memory device into a dispersed storage network memory
AssigneeCleversafe, Inc.
InventorsGary W. Grube, Timothy W. Markison, Jason K. Resch
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Abstract
A method begins by a processing module identifying a memory device having an expired useable memory life with respect to a legacy storage protocol. The method continues with the processing module extracting data from the memory device. The method continues with the processing module reprovisioning the memory device from the legacy storage protocol to a dispersed storage error coding storage protocol.
Claims13
A method comprises:
- identifying a memory device having an expired useable memory life with respect to a legacy storage protocol;
- extracting data from the memory device;
- and
- reprovisioning the memory device from the legacy storage protocol to a dispersed storage error coding storage protocol to produce a reprovisioned memory device that is useable for storing data in accordance with the dispersed storage error coding storage protocol.
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A dispersed storage network (DSN) memory system comprises:
- a plurality of memory devices configured to store data in accordance with a dispersed storage error coding storage protocol;
- and
- a memory device has an expired useable memory life with respect to a legacy storage protocol, wherein legacy data stored on the memory device in accordance with the legacy storage protocol has been extracted, and wherein the memory device has been reprovisioned from the legacy storage protocol to be useable for storing data in accordance with the dispersed storage error coding storage protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.