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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Matthew John Fairhurst, Winchester, GB;
Robert Akira Kubo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeremy Michael Pinson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew John Fairhurst, Winchester, GB;
Robert Akira Kubo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeremy Michael Pinson, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are techniques for processing read and write request operations. Regions of a first storage device and a second storage device are designated as primary regions and secondary regions for read request operations and write request operations falling within the regions. At least one write request operation is processed. Upon determining that a write threshold has been reached, the designations of regions of the first storage device and the second storage device are switched.