COPAN SYSTEMS
COPAN SYSTEMS Patent applications | ||
Patent application number | Title | Published |
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20080244318 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROACTIVE DRIVE REPLACEMENT FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY STORAGE SYSTEMS - Methods for preventing the failure of disk drives in storage systems are disclosed. A system and a computer program product for preventing the failure are also disclosed. Factors relating to the aging or early onset of errors in a disk drive are monitored. These factors are then compared to thresholds. In case the thresholds are exceeded, an indication for the replacement of the disk drive is given. Sudden rises in the factors are also used to indicate the impeding failure of disk drives. | 10-02-2008 |