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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jay S Belsan, Nederland, CO (US);
Alan R Permut, Louisville, CO (US);
George A Rudeseal, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39518204 ;
Abstract
One or more background processes that references data storage volumes and cylinders that are to be scrubbed to ensure the integrity of the data stored thereon. A priority scrubbing process is also available to note data storage volumes that have recently had data written thereon by the host processor and which require a more timely review of the data than less frequently used volumes.