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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Martin Jess, Erie, CO (US);
Rod Dekoning, Wichita, KS (US);
William P. Delaney, Wichita, KS (US);
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods which implement a buffer for storing data to be written to a storage device when a data write operation of the storage device is determined to be outside of an acceptable parameter are disclosed. An elasticity buffer of embodiments may provide buffering on an as needed basis with respect to storage device cache flushing operations to thereby persistently store dirty write data from a storage device cache when a storage device data write is experiencing aberrant operation, such as when the data write is taking too long. The resources of the storage device cache may thus be cleaned and made available for subsequent data caching. The data may subsequently be written from the elasticity buffer to the storage device, such as after recovery action is taken with respect to the storage device, when the storage device starts completing data write operations in a timely fashion, etc.