Row-diagonal parity technique for enabling efficient recovery from double failures in a storage array

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PATENT NO 7409625
APP PUB NO 20070180348A1
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11710304

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A method for enabling recovery from concurrent failure of a plurality of storage devices in a storage array is disclosed. The method stores data on a first plurality of storage devices of the storage array. The first plurality of storage devices may have a number of storage devices equal to a prime number greater then three. Row parity is stored on one or more storage devices of the storage array. A diagonal parity set is computed for the plurality of storage devices. The diagonal parity set is stored on an additional diagonal parity device, the diagonal parity device separate from the first plurality of storage devices.

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  • NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

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Corbett, Peter F Lexington, MA 76 3451
English, Robert M Menlo Park, CA 65 4317
Kleiman, Steven R Los Altos, CA 63 5294

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