Patent ID: 7263582

Claim:
A method for updating volume information associated with a RAID system, the RAID system including a RAID controller, one or more disk drives associated therewith, and three storage sites for volume information, the volume information identifying a data storage relationship among the one or more disk drives, wherein at least one of the storage sites for volume information is a site distinct from the RAID controller, wherein at least one of the storage sites for volume information is distinct from the one or more disk drives, wherein at least one of the storage sites for volume information is distinct from the RAID controller and from the one or more disk drives, and wherein an input device is coupled to the RAID system, the method comprising: identifying the storage sites of volume information; comparing the volume information stored in the storage sites; if two of the three storage sites contain equivalent volume information, configuring the RAID system with the equivalent volume information that is included in two of the three storage sites.