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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:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kushal Patel, Pune, IN;

Sarvesh Patel, Pune, IN;

Errol J. Calder, Vail, AZ (US);

David R. Blea, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01); G06F 12/0891 (2016.01); G06F 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 1/30 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for destaging data from cache is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes maintaining, in cache, modified data to be destaged to persistent storage drives. The method further detects an emergency situation wherein the modified data needs to be promptly destaged to the persistent storage drives. In response to the emergency situation, the method automatically disables artificially-imposed throughput limits associated with the persistent storage drives. The method then destages the modified data to the persistent storage drives without restriction from the artificially-imposed throughput limits. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.


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