Patent ID: 8116075
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an enclosure; a substrate mounted in the enclosure and having a first plurality of data-storage-device connectors mounted to the substrate; a plurality of data-storage devices mounted in the enclosure and connected to the first plurality of data-storage-device connectors, wherein the plurality of data-storage devices includes a first data-storage device and a second data-storage device; and at least one processing unit and memory mounted in the enclosure and operatively connected to the first plurality of data-storage-device connectors, and wherein if the first data-storage device is detected to be in a condition that indicates the first data-storage device is about to fail, the apparatus copies data of the first data-storage device to the second data-storage device and from then on, the second data-storage device is used in place of the first data-storage device.