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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving an unmap command which corresponds to a first logical extent located in a higher storage tier, unmapping the first logical extent from a first physical storage location in the higher storage tier, marking the first physical storage location as dirty, receiving a map command which corresponds to the first logical extent, determining whether the first physical storage location is still marked as dirty, in response to determining that the first physical storage location is still marked as dirty, determining whether any data included in the first logical extent has been modified since the first logical extent was stored in the higher storage tier, and in response to determining that at least some of the data included in the first logical extent has been modified, using the modified data to update the data stored in the first physical storage location.