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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2004
Michael P. Vageline, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael John Jones, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Richard B. Stelmach, Tucson, AZ (US);
Yu-cheng Hsu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard Anthony Ripberger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael P. Vageline, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael John Jones, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Richard B. Stelmach, Tucson, AZ (US);
Yu-Cheng Hsu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Richard Anthony Ripberger, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for detecting data integrity. An indicator is written to invalidate a data block that is capable of being stored in a plurality of sectors of a storage device, wherein the indicator is written to the storage device in at least one sector that is not included in the plurality of sectors. A writing of entire contents of the data block to the plurality of sectors of the storage device is initiated, in response to the writing of the indicator. The indicator is updated to validate the data block, in response to a completion of the writing of the entire contents of the data block to the plurality of sectors of the storage device.