Multiple-apartment aware offlining of devices for disruptive and destructive operations
US10705732B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2201/88
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for taking a storage device offline, performed by a storage system, is provided. The method includes reserving the storage device and stopping direction to increment a heartbeat counter of the storage device. The method includes verifying the heartbeat counter of the storage device is static, and performing, responsive to the verifying, an operation on the storage device, with the storage device offline relative to the storage system I/O of user data.
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