| US 7,548,998 B2 | ||
| Modifying host input/output (I/O) activity to allow a storage drive to which I/O activity is directed to access requested information | ||
| Wayne Charles Carlson, Tucson, Ariz. (US); Erika Marianna Dawson, Tucson, Ariz. (US); Gavin Stuart Johnson, San Jose, Calif. (US); Joel Kenneth Lyman, Tucson, Ariz. (US); and Harry Morris Yudenfriend, Tucson, Ariz. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/553,964. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0147892 A1, Jun. 19, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—58 [710/5; 710/59; 711/100; 726/2] | 40 Claims |
| 1. An article of manufacture having code enabled to process communications between a host and storage drive having a storage
media and to cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising:
receiving an Input/Output (I/O) request from the host directed to the storage media that requires requested information be
sent to the storage drive to use to execute the I/O request against the storage media; and
sending a message to the host to cause the host to modify I/O timeout operations in response to determining that the requested
information is required.
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