发明名称 |
INTELLIGENT DISK ARRAY CONTROLLER BACKGROUND SURFACE ANALYSIS |
摘要 |
INTELLIGENT DISK ARRAY CONTROLLER BACKGROUND SURFACE ANALYSIS A method for performing background disk sector Analysis for drives, including drives dedicated to redundancy and/or fault recovery techniques, in an intelligent, microprocessor based disk array. The method directs the microprocessor to wait a specified time and test for disk activity. In the absence of disk activity, the disk controller is directed to generate a read request for a disk memory location within the array. A return code following the array is checked to determine if the read failed, indicating a disk drive media failure. The disk controller is then notified if a failure occurs. The processor again checks for disk array activity and in the absence of activity issues a read request for successive locations within the array, thereby reading all disk memory locations within the array.
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申请公布号 |
CA2047406(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
1992.01.21 |
申请号 |
CA19912047406 |
申请日期 |
1991.07.19 |
申请人 |
COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION |
发明人 |
PFEFFER, SCOTT M.;SCHULTZ, STEPHEN M. |
分类号 |
G06F3/06;G06F11/10;G06F11/267;G11B19/06;(IPC1-7):G06F11/00;G06F13/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/06 |
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