AUTOMATIC COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM DIAGNOSTICS

摘要

An approach to providing diagnostics of data storage medium units may be performed automatically without interruption to system operations. Upon receipt of one or more error messages occurring on a first data storage medium unit, data content from the first data storage medium unit may be copied to a second data storage medium unit. A system may operate using the second data storage medium unit while the first data storage medium unit is diagnosed for possible disk failure.

主权项

1. A method of providing storage medium diagnostics, comprising:
receiving an error message associated with a first data storage medium unit; placing a second data storage medium unit online; copying data content from the first data storage medium unit to the second data storage medium unit; placing the first data storage medium unit offline from operation within a computing system while the second data storage medium unit is online; and performing diagnostics on the first data storage medium unit while the first data storage medium unit is offline.