Antivirus scan during a data scrub operation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorLawrence C. 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. The antivirus scan concurrently performing as an overlap with the data scrub operation is increased if a reduction in disk access by a host application is detected. A number of antivirus scan input/output (I/O) operations and data scrub I/O operations is reduced.
Claims12
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:
- concurrently performs the antivirus scan as an overlap with the data scrub operation, wherein the data scrub operation periodically inspects and corrects memory errors;
- increases 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;
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- reduces a number of antivirus scan input/output (I/O) operations and data scrub I/O operations.
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:
- an executable portion that concurrently performs the antivirus scan as an overlap with the data scrub operation, wherein the data scrub operation periodically inspects and corrects memory errors;
- an executable portion that increases 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;
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- an executable portion that reduces a number of antivirus scan input/output (I/O) operations and data scrub I/O operations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.