Estimating data storage device lifespan
AssigneeNetApp, Inc.
InventorDavid Slik
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Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a method of metering lifespan consumption of data storage devices in a multiple-data-storage-devices enclosure is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a storage access request; identifying a first data storage device within the enclosure as being targeted by the storage access request, wherein the enclosure includes two or more data storage devices; accessing the first data storage device in response to the storage access request; and in response to the identifying or the accessing, updating a record of a lifespan consumption meter assigned to the first data storage device.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- receiving a storage access request;
- identifying a data storage device within an enclosure as being targeted by the storage access request, wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of data storage devices;
- accessing the data storage device in response to the storage access request;
- in response to the identifying or the accessing, updating a record of a lifespan consumption meter associated with the data storage device;
- determining, by a processing component of the enclosure, a risk factor for failure based, at least in part, on the record, wherein the risk factor is associated with the data storage device;
- and
- sending the risk factor from the enclosure to a storage front-end system.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a plurality of data storage devices;
- and
- a machine-readable medium having instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
- receive, from a storage front-end system, a storage access request;
- identify a data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices based, at least in part, on the storage access request;
- access the data storage device in response to the storage access request;
- in response to the identifying or the accessing of the data storage device, update a record of a lifespan consumption meter associated with the data storage device;
- and
- send at least one of the record or a risk factor to a storage front-end system, wherein the risk factor is based, at least in part, on the record, wherein the risk factor is associated with the data storage device.
One or more non-transitory machine-readable media having program code for metering a lifespan of data storage devices stored therein, the program code to:
- receive, from a storage front-end system, a storage access request;
- identify a data storage device of a plurality of data storage devices based, at least in part, on the storage access request;
- access the data storage device in response to the storage access request;
- in response to the identifying or the accessing of the data storage device, update a record of a lifespan consumption meter associated with the data storage device;
- and
- send at least one of the record or a risk factor to a storage front-end system, wherein the risk factor is based, at least in part, on the record, wherein the risk factor is associated with the data storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.