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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jeffery M. Franke, Apex, NC (US);
James A. O'Connor, Ulster Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0629 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 2211/1073 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technical solutions are described that shift wearout of an array of storage disks in a storage system. In an aspect, a method includes receiving a request to write data to the storage system. The method also includes generating checksum data corresponding to the data and dividing the checksum data into portions of distinct sizes. The method also includes writing each portion of the checksum data onto a respective storage disk in the array.