PERIODIC ROTATIONAL VIBRATION CHECK FOR STORAGE DEVICES TO COMPENSATE FOR VARYING LOADS
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Abstract
A periodic rotational vibration check for storage devices to compensate for varying loads is disclosed. A variable representing rotational vibration status is maintained in a rotational vibration log. The variable is processed to determine whether a storage device exhibits a rotational vibration issue. Workload analysis is performed to identify a change to the workloads run on physically separate hardware to resolve the rotational vibration issue and thus eliminate the need for more expensive hardware.
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24. A method for providing a periodic rotational vibration check for storage devices to compensate for varying loads, comprising:
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accessing, by a service provider, a rotational vibration log associated with at least one storage device in a storage system; and analyzing the rotational vibration log to resolve a rotational vibration problem indicated by the rotational vibration log. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for providing a periodic rotational vibration check for storage devices to compensate for varying loads, comprising:
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maintaining rotational vibration data associated with at least one storage device of a storage system in a rotational vibration log; and using the rotational vibration data to correct a rotational vibration issue.
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30. A method, comprising:
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monitoring by a processor, rotational vibration in a storage system; analyzing by a processor, system workloads; and reconfiguring by a processor, the storage system based upon the analysis of the system workloads to reduce the rotational vibration. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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