Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data retention in storage drives
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Application No.: US16173627Application Date: 2018-10-29
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Publication No.: US10762979B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Arindam Raychaudhuri , Diyanesh B. Chinnakkonda Vidyapoornachary
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Jorge R. Maranto
- Main IPC: G11C29/52
- IPC: G11C29/52 ; G11C29/04 ; G06F3/06 ; G06F9/54

Abstract:
A method and a system for monitoring conditions of offline storage devices is disclosed. Predetermined environmental conditions are monitored to determine whether a storage device should be brought online to perform a data integrity check process. The process receives a triggering event that corresponds with the storage device, powers on the storage devices, selects a page from the storage device, and determines a bit error rate. Once the bit error rate is determined, error-correcting code runs to correct the errors. Any uncorrectable errors are reported, and the storage device is brought back offline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200135293A1 DATA RETENTION IN STORAGE DRIVES Public/Granted day:2020-04-30
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