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Data protection in storage systems

US7761732B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

16Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Robert Frederic Kern · Tucson, US
Kenneth Wayne Boyd · Tucson, US
William Frank Micka · Tucson, US
Gregory E. McBride · Vail, US
John Flynn · معلمی نژاد, US
John J. Wolfgang · Midlothian, US
Michael Factor · Haifa, IL
Amiram Hayardeny · Or Akiva, IL
Kenneth Fairclough Day, III · Tucson, US
Aviad Zlotnick · Shoham, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 2005
Grant date	Jul 20, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/84
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture wherein a command is received for writing data to a first storage location. A determination is made that previously written data is stored in the first storage location. The previously written data is copied to a second storage location, in response to determining that the previously written data is stored in the first storage location. The data is written to the first storage location, in response to copying the previously written data to the second storage location.

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