| 摘要 |
A technique efficiently corrects multiple storage device failures in a storage array. The storage array comprises a plurality of concatenated sub-arrays, wherein each sub-array includes a set of data storage devices and a local parity storage device that stores values used to correct a failure of a single device within a row of blocks, e.g., a row parity set, in the sub-array. Each sub-array is assigned diagonal parity sets identically, as if it were the only one present using a double failure protection encoding method. The array further includes a single, global parity storage device holding diagonal parity computed by logically adding together equivalent diagonal parity sets in each of the sub-arrays. |
