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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2008
Thomas Charles Jarvis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Howard Hartung, Tucson, AZ (US);
Karl Allen Nielsen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeremy Michael Pinson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven Robert Lowe, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas Charles Jarvis, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael Howard Hartung, Tucson, AZ (US);
Karl Allen Nielsen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jeremy Michael Pinson, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven Robert Lowe, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program for destaging a track from cache to a storage device. The destaged track is retained in the cache. Verification is made of whether the storage device successfully completed writing data. Indication is made of destaged tracks eligible for removal from the cache that were destaged before the storage device is verified in response to verifying that the storage device is successfully completing the writing of data.