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At risk data caching (ARDC)

US9405626B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2013
Grant dateAug 2, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1088
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for sensing the occurrence of an degraded condition within a data stripe of a RAID array. The data strip includes one or more valid data portions, one invalid data portion, and a parity portion. A request to write updated content to a target data portion within the data stripe is received, wherein the target data portion is one of the valid data portions. The valid data portions and the parity portion are read from the data stripe. The invalid data portion is reconstructed using the valid data portions and the parity portion, thus generating a reconstructed data portion. The reconstructed data portion is stored within a mirrored cache memory system. The parity portion is updated to define the updated content, thus defining an updated parity portion. The updated parity portion is written to the data stripe and the updated content is written to the target data portion within the data stripe.

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