Antivirus scan during a data scrub operation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorLawrence Carter Blount
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Abstract
For an antivirus scan during a data scrub operation, an antivirus scan is concurrently performed as an overlap with the data scrub operation, wherein the data scrub operation periodically inspects and corrects memory errors.
Claims21
A method for an antivirus scan during a data scrub operation by a processor device in a computing environment, the method comprising:
- concurrently performing the antivirus scan as an overlap with the data scrub operation, wherein the data scrub operation periodically inspects and corrects memory errors,
- increasing the antivirus scan concurrently performing as an overlap with the data scrub operation if a reduction in disk access by a host application is detected, and
- reducing a number of antivirus scan input/output (I/O) operations and data scrub I/O operations while allowing for an increased number of host input/output (I/O) operations from a host while concurrently performing the antivirus scan with the data scrub operation.
A system for an antivirus scan during a data scrub operation in a computing environment, the system comprising:
- a processor device operable in the computing environment, wherein the processor device is adapted for:
- concurrently performing the antivirus scan as an overlap with the data scrub operation, wherein the data scrub operation periodically inspects and corrects memory errors,
- increasing the antivirus scan concurrently performing as an overlap with the data scrub operation if a reduction in disk access by a host application is detected, and
- reducing a number of antivirus scan input/output (I/O) operations and data scrub I/O operations while allowing for an increased number of host input/output (I/O) operations from a host while concurrently performing the antivirus scan with the data scrub operation.
A computer program product an antivirus scan during a data scrub operation in a computing environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- a first executable portion concurrently performing the antivirus scan as an overlap with the data scrub operation, wherein the data scrub operation periodically inspects and corrects memory errors;
- a second executable portion increasing the antivirus scan concurrently performing as an overlap with the data scrub operation if a reduction in disk access by a host application is detected, and
- a third executable portion reducing a number of antivirus scan input/output (I/O) operations and data scrub I/O operations while allowing for an increased number of host input/output (I/O) operations from a host while concurrently performing the antivirus scan with the data scrub operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.