Information processing apparatus capable of appropriately providing notification of storage unit failure prediction, control method therefor, and storage medium

摘要

An information processing apparatus which is capable of reducing operational costs required for the information processing apparatus equipped with HDDs having a mirroring function and a self-diagnosis function. Status information indicative of statuses of the HDDs is obtained by the self-diagnosis function which the HDDs have. Based on the obtained status information obtained, whether or not the HDDs will fail is predicted. When a failure of the HDDs is predicted, and the mirroring function is disabled, an electronic device determined in advance is notified that replacement of the HDDs is necessary. When a failure of the HDDs is predicted, and the mirroring function is enabled, the electronic device is not notified that replacement of the HDDs is necessary.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
storage units configured to have a mirroring function and a self-diagnosis function; a notification unit configured to notify an electronic device, which is determined in advance, of information on said storage units; an obtainment unit configured to obtain status information indicative of statuses of said storage units obtained by the self-diagnosis function which said storage units have; a prediction unit configured to, based on the status information obtained by said obtainment unit, predict whether said storage units will fail; and a control unit configured to control said notification unit such that, when said prediction unit predicts a failure of said storage units, and the mirroring function is disabled, the electronic device is notified that replacement of said storage units is necessary, and control said notification unit such that, when said prediction unit predicts a failure of said storage units, and the mirroring function is enabled, the electronic device is not notified that replacement of said storage units is necessary.