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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Lyn L. Ashton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Edward A. Baker, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);
Stanley M. Kissinger, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Mcewen, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Sean P. Mcmillen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael R. Noel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Glenn R. Wilcock, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lyn L. Ashton, Tucson, AZ (US);
Edward A. Baker, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);
Stanley M. Kissinger, Tucson, AZ (US);
William McEwen, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Sean P. McMillen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael R. Noel, Tucson, AZ (US);
Glenn R. Wilcock, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A deterministic flushing of one or more storage data objects buffered within a storage data buffer to a storage medium involves a processing of a host data object including writing a storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer, and a flushing of the storage data object(s) buffered within the storage data buffer to the storage medium prior to or subsequent to (i.e., relative to) the writing of the storage data object corresponding to the host data object to the storage data buffer as a function of an occurrence determination of a storage data buffer flushing event. The deterministic flushing further involves a queuing of a host data buffer meta-data update request for later processing.