Background processing of data in a storage system

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition

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C711S004000, C711S111000, C711S154000, C713S324000

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07380060

ABSTRACT:
A method for processing data on a particular storage device in a plurality of storage devices is disclosed. A system and a computer program product for processing data on a particular storage device in a plurality of storage devices are also disclosed. All the storage devices from among the plurality of storage devices are not powered-on at the same time. A storage device, which is powered-off is selected for background processing. Further, a data-enhancing operation is selected. The selected storage device is powered on and the selected data-enhancing operation is processed on the storage device.

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