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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Anthony Slik, Northridge, CA (US);
Maxim Gerard Smith, Durham, NC (US);
John William Haskins, Jr., Wake Forest, NC (US);
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 27/36 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 20/1217 (2013.01); G11B 27/36 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1238 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1292 (2013.01); G11B 2220/2516 (2013.01);
Abstract
Technology is disclosed for deferring storage operations (e.g., writes or reads) during hostile events. When a data storage device experiences a hostile event, e.g., a vibration, shock, etc. contact by a head of the data storage device with a disk surface can cause errors or indeed damage. The technology can cause a data storage device to suspend storage operations until the hostile event is no longer detected.