Method of, and apparatus for, detection of degradation on a storage resource

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PATENT NO 9239746
APP PUB NO 20140359376A1
SERIAL NO

13906195

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A method of monitoring the performance of a device is presented, each storage device being operable to receive storage requests and includes a queue for incoming storage requests and a physical storage medium, the method includes: a) obtaining data relating to the device parameters of: throughput of storage requests to the storage device; queue time for one or more requests on the storage device; and the time required to complete one or more storage requests on the storage device; b) generating a model relating to the expected distribution of the device parameters on the storage device during normal operation; c) monitoring the parameters during operation of the storage device; d) comparing the distribution of the monitored parameters during operation of the storage device with the expected distribution of the parameters; and e) identifying a fault on the storage device based on the comparison.

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  • XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED;XYRATEX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED—A SEAGATE COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bloxham, Chris Havant, GB 1 8
Fahimi, Farshad Havant, GB 3 40
Mesgarpour, Mohsen Havant, GB 1 8

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