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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bulent Abali, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Mohammad Banikazemi, New York, NY (US);
Timothy J. Chainer, Putnam Valley, NY (US);
Dan E. Poff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Krishankumar Rao Surugucchi, Fremont, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a storage controller coupled to at least one multi-region storage device. The at least one multi-region storage device comprises two or more storage regions, the two or more storage regions comprising a first storage region associated with a first set of failure characteristics and at least a second storage region associated with a second set of failure characteristics different than the first set of failure characteristics. The storage controller is configured to replicate in the second storage region at least a portion of data that is stored in the first storage region.