Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maintaining namespace health within a dispersed storage network
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Application No.: US16702789Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US11314442B2Publication Date: 2022-04-26
- Inventor: Asimuddin Kazi , Ethan Wozniak
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Sonny Z. Zhan
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract:
A method for determining to rebuild a namespace. The method includes one or more computer processors identifying a set of storage devices associated with the namespace of the user. The method further includes determining a state of health of a namespace based on information related to the set of storage devices associated with the namespace and further includes identifying a set of criteria related to the state of health of the namespace. The method further includes responding to determining that one or more criteria related to the state of health of namespace attains respective trigger values by replacing a first set of storage devices that store data corresponding to the namespace and are included among one or more storage systems. The method further includes dictating to replace the first set of storage devices that store data corresponding to the namespace and are included among the one or more storage systems.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210173582A1 MAINTAINING NAMESPACE HEALTH WITHIN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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