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Systems and methods for providing a distributed file system incorporating a virtual hot spare

  • US 20030135514A1
  • Filed: 10/25/2002
  • Published: 07/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for creating a virtual hot spare in an intelligent distributed storage system, the method comprising:

  • reserving at least one virtual hot spare block in a stripe of blocks in the file system; and

    , repeating the reservation for each stripe in the file.

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