Location selection based on adjacent location errors

A method comprising:

• monitoring write numbers for a plurality of locations in a storage device, each write number describing a quantity of times a storage device operation has been performed at a respective associated storage location in the plurality of storage locations;
• identifying an adjacent location error susceptibility for each storage location, wherein the adjacent location error susceptibility describes the susceptibility of each storage location to errors caused by storage device operations performed on respective adjacent storage locations;
• and
• selecting a first storage location in the plurality of storage locations and storing data to the first storage location based on the monitored write numbers corresponding to the first storage location, and
• selecting a second storage location in the plurality of storage locations and storing parity information for the data based on the monitored write numbers corresponding to the second storage location,
• wherein the second storage location includes a higher susceptibility to an adjacent location error than the first storage location.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium including program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

• monitor write numbers for a plurality of locations in a storage device, each write number describing a quantity of times a storage device operation has been performed at a respective associated storage location in the plurality of storage locations;
• identify an adjacent location error susceptibility for each storage location, wherein the adjacent location error susceptibility describes a susceptibility of each storage location to errors caused by storage device operations performed on respective adjacent storage locations;
• select a first storage location in the plurality of storage locations and storing data to the first storage location based on the monitored write numbers corresponding to the first storage location, and
• select a second storage location in the plurality of storage locations and storing parity information for the data based on the monitored write numbers corresponding to the second storage location,
• wherein the second storage location includes a higher susceptibility to an adjacent location error than the first storage location.