Automatic raid mirroring when adding a second boot drive
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1. A storage system comprising:
- a first boot drive configured to store an operating system;
one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives being distinct from the first boot drive; and
a controller configured to;
detect when a second boot drive is added to the storage system;
determine whether the second hoot drive is a valid hoot drive;
automatically configure the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“
RAID”
) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive added to the storage system is a valid boot drive; and
prevent configuration of the second hoot drive in the RAW configuration when the controller determines that the second boot drive added to the storage system is not a valid boot drive.
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Abstract
A storage system including a first boot drive configured to store an operating system, one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives distinct from the first boot drive, and a controller configured to detect when a second boot drive is added to the storage system, and automatically configure the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“RAID”) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive is added to the storage system.
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24 Claims
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1. A storage system comprising:
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a first boot drive configured to store an operating system; one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives being distinct from the first boot drive; and a controller configured to; detect when a second boot drive is added to the storage system; determine whether the second hoot drive is a valid hoot drive; automatically configure the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“
RAID”
) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive added to the storage system is a valid boot drive; andprevent configuration of the second hoot drive in the RAW configuration when the controller determines that the second boot drive added to the storage system is not a valid boot drive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for configuring a first boot drive and a second boot drive in a storage system, the method comprising:
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detecting when the second boot drive is added to the storage system using a controller in the storage system, wherein the storage system further comprises one or more data drives distinct from the first boot drive; determining whether the second boot drive is a valid boot drive; automatically configuring the first boot drive and the second boot drive in a redundant array of independent disks (“
RAID”
) configuration when the controller detects that the second boot drive added to the storage system as a valid boot drive; andpreventing, configuration of the second boot drive in the RAID configuration when the second boot drive added to the storage system is determined not to be a valid boot drive, wherein the first boot drive is configured to store an operating system, and the one or more data drives are configured to store user data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A server comprising:
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a boot drive configured to store an operating system; one or more data drives configured to store user data, the one or more data drives being distinct from the boot drive; and a controller configured to; provide a selection for the one or more data drives between a redundant array of independent disks (“
RAID”
) configuration and an extent based file system configuration. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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