System and method for performing disk write operations by writing to a data depot prior to an in-place write
US7401191B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1471
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, computer programs, information handling systems, and state machines for performing an atomic write to a data block area are disclosed. The atomic write is an in-place write> The method includes receiving one or more data blocks to write to the data block area; and for each data block received: writing the data block to the depot slot; and writing the data block to the data block area after the data block write to the depot slot is completed.
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