Patent ID: 9063966
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a user selection of a data section from a plurality of data sections recorded on a storage system including a plurality of hard disk drives; determining, by a computer device, a monitoring routine for the data section; determining, by the computer device, a physical location at which the data section is recorded in the storage system, wherein determining the physical location comprises: determining at least one of the plurality of hard disk drives at which the data section is recorded, and determining a block and sector of the at least one of the plurality of hard disk drives at which the data section is recorded; and monitoring, by the computer device, the physical location for faults according to the monitoring routine, wherein the monitoring the physical location for faults comprises measuring a parameter of the physical location, the parameter being one of: bit error rate, magnetic signal strength, temperature, vibration, and read error rate.