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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Robert Frederic Kern, Otter Rock, OR (US);
Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory Edward Mcbride, Vail, AZ (US);
John Thomas Flynn, Jr., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
John Jay Wolfgang, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael E. Factor, Haifa, IL;
Amiram Hayardeny, Binyamina, IL;
Kenneth Fairclough Day, Iii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Aviad Zlotnick, Mitzpeh Netofah, IL;
Robert Frederic Kern, Otter Rock, OR (US);
Kenneth Wayne Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory Edward McBride, Vail, AZ (US);
John Thomas Flynn, Jr., Morgan Hill, CA (US);
John Jay Wolfgang, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael E. Factor, Haifa, IL;
Amiram Hayardeny, Binyamina, IL;
Kenneth Fairclough Day, III, Tucson, AZ (US);
Aviad Zlotnick, Mitzpeh Netofah, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a command is received for writing data to a first storage location. A determination is made that previously written data is stored in the first storage location. The previously written data is copied to a second storage location, in response to determining that the previously written data is stored in the first storage location. The data is written to the first storage location, in response to copying the previously written data to the second storage location.