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Data processing system, data processing method and storage apparatus

  • US 7,610,506 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2006
  • Issued: 10/27/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A data processing system comprising:

  • a host system; and

    a storage apparatus that provides one or more first memory areas storing data read/written by the host system,wherein the storage apparatus includes a reservation unit that executes, when any one of the memory areas is determined to be faulty, a first search that searches for a spare memory area that serves as a replacement for the faulty memory area, and, if a snare memory area is found in the first search, rebuilds a content of the faulty memory area in the snare memory area and then executes a second search that searches for a second spare memory area, and, if no second spare memory area is found in the second search, dynamically reserves one of the memory areas as the second spare memory area.

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