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Apparatus, system, and method for reconfiguring an array of storage elements

  • US 8,495,460 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2012
  • Issued: 07/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reconfiguring an array of solid-state storage elements, the method comprising:

  • determining that one or more storage elements are unavailable to store data, the storage elements configured in an array of N storage elements that each store a portion of a first ECC chunk and P storage elements that store first parity data corresponding to the first ECC chunk;

    generating a second ECC chunk comprising at least a portion of the data of the first ECC chunk; and

    storing the second ECC chunk and associated second parity data across (N+P)−

    Z storage elements where 1≦

    z≦

    P.

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