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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Matthew G. Borlick, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Carol S. Mellgren, Tucson, AZ (US);
John G. Thompson, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining whether to destage write data in cache to storage based on whether the write data has malicious data. Write data for a storage is cached in a cache. A determination is made as to whether the write data in the cache comprises random data according to a randomness criteria. The write data in the cache to the storage in response to determining that the write data does not comprise random data according to the randomness criteria. The write data is processed as malicious data after determining that the write data comprises random data according to the randomness criteria.