Storage device with error recovery indication
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSteven F. BEST, Janice M. GIROUARD, Robert E. REILAND, Yehuda SHIRAN
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that enable a controller of a storage device having storage media to perform one or more error recovery operations on the storage media, and to convey, while performing the one or more error recovery operations, a message indicating a status of the one or more error recovery operations to a host processor in communication with the storage device. Storage devices implementing embodiments of the present invention include hard disk drives and solid state disk drives.
Claims20
A storage device, comprising:
- storage media configured to store data;
- and
- a controller having a controller processor configured to perform one or more error recovery operations on the storage media, and to convey, while performing the one or more error recovery operations, a message indicating a status of the one or more error recovery operations to a host processor in communication with the storage device.
A method, comprising:
- performing, by a storage device having storage media, one or more error recovery operations on the storage media;
- and
- conveying, while performing the one or more error recovery operations, a message indicating a status of the one or more error recovery operations to a host processor in communication with the storage device.
A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to perform, by a storage device having storage media, one or more error recovery operations on the storage media;
- and
- computer readable program code configured to convey, while performing the one or more error recovery operations, a message indicating a status of the one or more error recovery operations to a host processor in communication with the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.