CONTINUOUS DATA HEALTH CHECK

摘要

A method of verifying data integrity comprising, storing data in a data storage system, scheduling an integrity check of at least a portion the data, wherein, scheduling the integrity check comprises determining when to perform the integrity check by accounting for a load on the storage system and taking into account any previous integrity checks of the at least a portion of the data. The method further comprises one of creating and updating an integrity status of the at least a portion of the data, with the integrity status comprising a reference to when the any previous integrity checks were performed on the at least a portion of the data and the integrity check was performed on the at least a portion of the data. The method further comprises providing the integrity status to a storage system user.

主权项

1. A method of verifying data integrity comprising,
storing data in a data storage system; scheduling a first integrity check of at least a portion the data in the data storage system, wherein, scheduling the integrity check comprises,
determining when to perform the first integrity check by accounting for a load on the storage system, andtaking into account any previous integrity checks of the at least a portion of the data; one of creating and updating an integrity status of the at least a portion of the data, wherein, the integrity status comprises a reference to when the,
any previous integrity checks were performed on the at least a portion of the data, andthe first integrity check was performed on the at least a portion of the data; and providing the integrity status to a storage system user.