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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Roman Alexander Pletka, Uster, CH;

Sasa Tomic, Kilchberg, CH;

Timothy Fisher, Cypress, TX (US);

Nikolaos Papandreou, Thalwil, CH;

Nikolas Ioannou, Zurich, CH;

Aaron Fry, Richmond, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1096 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract

A RAID controller periodically collects an indication of a current compression ratio achieved by each of a plurality of storage devices within the RAID. The RAID controller determines a placement of data and the parity information within at least one of the plurality of storage devices according to at least one of a plurality of factors associated with the current compression ratio. The RAID controller writes the data and the parity information to the at least one of the plurality of storage devices according to the determined placement.


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