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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eric J. Bartlett, Winchester, GB;
Colin R. Jewell, Winchester, GB;
John E. Lindley, San Jose, CA (US);
William J. Scales, Winchester, GB;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2082 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/2087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a mirrored disk storage system, comprises a determiner component for determining a repair characteristic of a pair of mirrored disks, a comparator for comparing said repair characteristic of a first of said pair with said repair characteristic of a second of said pair, and a cancelling component for cancelling a repair action for said one of said first or said second of said pair that is not selected by said selector.