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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Roman Alexander Pletka, Uster, CH;
Radu Ioan Stoica, Zurich, CH;
Sasa Tomic, Kilchberg, CH;
Nikolaos Papandreou, Thalwil, CH;
Nikolas Ioannou, Zurich, CH;
Aaron Daniel Fry, Richmond, TX (US);
Timothy Fisher, Cypress, TX (US);
Charalampos Pozidis, Thalwil, CH;
Andrew D. Walls, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines.Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: determining whether a number of blocks included in a first ready-to-use (RTU) queue is in a first range of the first RTU queue. In response to determining that the number of blocks included in the first RTU queue is in the first range, a determination is made as to whether a number of blocks included in a second RTU queue is in a second range of the second RTU queue. Moreover, in response to determining that the number of blocks included in the second RTU queue is not in the second range, valid data is relocated from one of the blocks in a first pool which corresponds to the first RTU queue. The block in the first pool is erased, and transferred from the first pool to the second RTU queue which corresponds to a second pool.