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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Timothy J. Dell, Colchester, VT (US);

Saravanan Sethuraman, Bangalore, IN;

Diyanesh B. C. Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 11/1666 (2013.01); G06F 11/2056 (2013.01); G06F 11/2069 (2013.01); G06F 11/2087 (2013.01); G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G11C 29/70 (2013.01); G11C 29/76 (2013.01); G11C 29/886 (2013.01); G06F 2201/805 (2013.01); G06F 2201/85 (2013.01); G06F 2201/86 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); G11C 2029/4402 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect, a method for performance optimization of read functions in a memory system includes receiving, at the memory system, a read request including a logical address of a target data. The memory system includes a primary memory and a back-up memory that mirrors the primary memory. The method also includes searching a fault monitor table for an entry corresponding to the received logical address. The fault monitor table includes a plurality of entries that indicate physical locations of identified memory failure events in the primary memory and the back-up memory. Based on locating an entry corresponding to the received logical address, the method further includes selecting one of the primary memory and the backup memory for retrieving the target data. The selection is based on contents of the fault monitor table.


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