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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Brian A. Rinaldi, Tucson, AZ (US);
Clint A. Hardy, Tucson, AZ (US);
Samantha A. Utter, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevin J. Ash, Tucson, AZ (US);
Karl A. Nielsen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew J. Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using a delay timer to delay code load operations to process queued write requests. A code load is performed to a selected storage device in a storage array comprised of a plurality of the storage devices. Writes are queued to the storage array in a non-volatile storage while performing the code load. A determination is made as to whether the queued writes to the storage array exceed a threshold. A delay timer is started in response to determining that the queued writes to the storage array exceed the threshold. An additional code load is initiated to an additional selected storage device in the storage array in response to determining that the delay timer has expired. The additional code load is initiated to the additional selected storage device in response to determining that the queued writes are less than the threshold.