METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR RECOVERY IN STORAGE ARRAYS

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ERROR RECOVERY IN STORAGE ARRAYS

Method and apparatus for error recovery in primary storage is provided by backup storage that stores a complete copy of primary storage. When a parity error is detected, the backup storage is used to replace data in the primary storage or the parity of primary storage. This apparatus is controlled b...

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Hauptverfasser: WHITAKER, DARELL SMITH, SLEGEL, TIMOTHY JOHN, CESARE, BRIAN KEITH
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
INFORMATION STORAGE
PHYSICS
STATIC STORES
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Zusammenfassung:Method and apparatus for error recovery in primary storage is provided by backup storage that stores a complete copy of primary storage. When a parity error is detected, the backup storage is used to replace data in the primary storage or the parity of primary storage. This apparatus is controlled by a processor controller which makes this replacement by comparing the primary storage, backup storage, and the primary parity storage. If after re-execution of the operation errors are still detected, the processor controller copies the data from primary storage to a secondary storage and retries the operation.