US Patent 11775391 RAID system with fault resilient storage devices

A storage system, and a method for operating a storage system. In some embodiments, the system includes a first storage device and a second storage device, and the method includes: determining that the first storage device is in a read-only state and that the second storage device is in a read-write state; performing a write operation, of a first stripe, to the storage system; performing a first read operation, of a second stripe, from the storage system; and performing a second read operation, of the first stripe, from the storage system, wherein: the performing of the write operation includes: writing a portion of the first stripe to the second storage device, and making an entry in a mapping table for the first stripe.