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Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lawrence C. Blount, Tucson, AZ (US);

Itzhack Goldberg, Hadera, IL;

Neil Sondhi, Budapest, HU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/38 (2006.01); G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/327 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/079 (2013.01); G06F 11/0727 (2013.01); G06F 11/0787 (2013.01); G06F 11/1441 (2013.01); G06F 11/2069 (2013.01); G06F 11/2289 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G06F 11/3062 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 11/2015 (2013.01); G06F 2201/86 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01); G06F 2212/2022 (2013.01); G06F 2212/214 (2013.01); G06F 2212/221 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes receiving a signal indicating a loss of power, starting a timer, the timer configured to expire after a specific time period, copying, by a distributed storage system having volatile memory configured as a write cache, write cache data from the volatile memory to a solid state device, upon receiving the signal indicating the loss of power to the storage system, configuring, the solid state device as both a read cache and the write cache, performing a health test on the storage system upon receiving the signal indicating the loss of power, and determining the loss of power as a false alarm if the timer expires and the storage system passes a health test on the storage system.


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