Spare data site allocation

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2006-05-30

2006-05-30

Verbrugge, Kevin (Department: 2189)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Memory configuring

C714S052000, C714S710000, C714S006130, C369S047140, C369S053170

Reexamination Certificate

active

07055013

ABSTRACT:
A method of allocating data sites of a storage device based on quality of the data sites, according to a particular embodiment of the invention, includes determining the quality of the data sites of the storage device by determining attribute information for the data series, and allocating certain of the data sites as spare data sites, based on their quality, for use in accommodating one or more defects in the storage device.

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