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Reuse of problematic disks in a redundant disk system

  • US 9,632,871 B2
  • Filed: 03/10/2015
  • Issued: 04/25/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reuse of a problematic disk in a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) system, the method comprising:

  • performing formatting, initializing and validating operations on a first disk in the RAID system in response to the first disk experiencing a problem and determining that the first disk has not experienced a hard error; and

    setting the first disk as a second-level redundant disk in the RAID system in order for the RAID system to use the first disk again in response to success of the validating operation on the first disk.

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