Patent ID: 9535791
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A storage control device that is communicably connected to a plurality of storage devices and a plurality of spare storage devices through a plurality of paths, the storage control device comprising: a memory configured to store path information associating the plurality of spare storage devices and the plurality of paths with each other; and a selection unit configured to select a spare storage device that is a replacing apparatus from among the plurality of spare storage devices based on a path connection condition determined in accordance with a path in which the storage device that is a replacement target among the plurality of storage devices is connected and the path information, wherein the selection unit selects, as the spare storage device that is the replacing apparatus, a second spare storage device on a path, in which the storage device that is the replacement target or the storage device configuring a redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID) group with the storage device that is the replacement target is not connected, from among the plurality of spare storage devices, as the path connection condition.