Undetected disk errors in RAID arrays

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 413-425

  Hafner, James L ^a   Deenadhayalan, Veera ^a   Belluomini, Wendy ^a   Rao, Krishnakumar ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 55449124772     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 00188646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.524.0413     Document Type: Article

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