Granted Patent B2

US 12,259,784 · App. 17/226,059 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Yang Seok Ki (Palo Alto, CA); Sungwook Ryu (Palo Alto, CA)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G06F11/1092G06F3/0619G06F3/0659G06F3/0689G06F11/0772G06F11/1658

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A method comprising:

operating a first storage device and a second storage device as a redundant array;

operating the first storage device in a fault resilient mode with at least partial read capability based on a fault condition of the first storage device;

building information from the first storage device on a spare storage device based on the fault condition of the first storage device;

receiving a read request for the first storage device;

determining a build location of the spare storage device;

reading, based on the read request, based on the build location, requested information from the first storage device; and

writing, based on the reading from the first storage device, the requested information to the spare storage device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the building information from the first storage device on the spare storage device comprises copying information from the first storage device to the spare storage device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises data.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises parity information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises data for a read operation of the first storage device.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising writing the data to the spare storage device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving write data for a write operation;

wherein the information from the first storage device comprises information for the write operation.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising calculating updated parity information for the write operation using the information for the write operation.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the information for the write operation comprises data; and

the method further comprises writing the write data to the spare storage device.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the information for the write operation comprises parity information; and

the method further comprises writing the updated parity information to the spare storage device.

11. A system comprising:

a controller;

a first storage device;

a second storage device; and

a spare storage device;

wherein the first storage device comprises a first circuit arranged to operate the first storage device in a fault resilient mode with at least partial read capability based on a fault condition of the first storage device; and

wherein the controller comprises a second circuit arranged to:

operate the first storage device and the second storage device as a redundant array;

perform a build operation to build information from the first storage device on the spare storage device based on the fault condition of the first storage device;

receive a read request for the first storage device;

perform a determination of a build location of the spare storage device;

perform a read operation, based on the read request, based on the build location, of requested information from the first storage device; and

write, based on the read operation from the first storage device, the requested information to the spare storage device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the second circuit is arranged to copy information from the first storage device to the spare storage device.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises data for a read operation of the first storage device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the second circuit is arranged to write the data to the spare storage device.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises information for a write operation, and the second circuit is arranged to:

receive write data for the write operation; and

calculate updated parity information for the write operation using the information for the write operation.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein:

the information for the write operation comprises data; and

the second circuit is arranged to write the write data to the spare storage device.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein:

the information for the write operation comprises parity information; and

the controller is further configured to write the updated parity information to the spare storage device.

18. A storage array controller comprising:

a first circuit arranged to:

operate a first storage device, a second storage device, and a third storage device as a redundant array of independent storage devices (RAID) with parity, wherein the first storage device comprises a second circuit arranged to operate the first storage device in a fault resilient mode with at least partial read capability based on a fault condition of the first storage device;

perform a build operation to build information from the first storage device based on the fault condition of the first storage device by copying information from the first storage device to a spare storage device;

receive a read request for the first storage device;

perform a determination of a build location of the spare storage device;

perform a read operation, based on the read request, based on the build location, of requested information from the first storage device; and

write, based on the read operation from the first storage device, the requested information to the spare storage device.

19. The storage array controller of claim 18 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises data for a read operation of the first storage device, and the first circuit is arranged to write the data to the spare storage device.

20. The storage array controller of claim 18 , wherein the information from the first storage device comprises data for a write operation, and the first circuit is arranged to:

receive write data for the write operation; and

calculate updated parity information for the write operation using the information for the write operation.

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