Abstract:
Described are techniques for representing and using RAID group consistency information. RAID group consistency information for a slice of data included on a device may be obtained by mapping the slice to an index. The index is one of a plurality of indices each associated with a structure indicating RAID group inconsistencies for a different portion of slices of data of the device. If the index is not associated with a structure, it may be determined that there is no RAID group inconsistency for the slice. If the index is associated with a structure, a hint bit associated with the slice may be determined wherein the hint bit encodes summary consistency information for a plurality of slices. A determination is made as to whether the hint bit is set, and, if the hint bit is not set, it is determined that there is no RAID group inconsistency for the slice.
Abstract:
A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, copper and tungsten, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt thereof, is greater than 90 atomic percent.
Abstract:
Handling a faulting memory of a pair of mirrored memories includes initially causing a non-faulting memory of the pair of mirrored memories to service all read and write operations for the pair of mirrored memories, determining that hardware corresponding to the faulting memory of the pair of mirrored memories has been successfully replaced to provide a new memory, in response to the new memory being provided, causing data to be copied from the non-faulting memory to the new memory while data is being read to and written from the non-faulting memory, and, in response to successful copying to the new memory, causing writes to be performed to both memories of the pair of mirrored memories and selecting one of the pair of mirrored memories for read operations when one or more read operations are performed. Handling a faulting memory may also include, in response to a write being performed to the non-faulting memory while data is being copied from the non-faulting memory to the new memory, causing the write to be performed to the non-faulting memory and the new memory.
Abstract:
A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper, and nickel, wherein the concentration of platinum therein is greater than 50 atomic percent and less than 80 atomic percent, and further wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and nickel is greater than 95 atomic percent.
Abstract:
Described are techniques for determining where to store data and parity information in a RAID group for a data track having a track number. A stripe number is provided. A first member identifier is determined which identifies a RAID group member at which data information of said data track is stored. A second member identifier of a second member of said RAID group is determined to store a first set of parity information for said data track. A third member identifier of a third member of said RAID group is determined to store a last set of parity information for said data track. It is determined whether the third member identifier is less than the second member identifier. If the third member identifier is less than said second member identifier, the first member identifier is updated. Also described are techniques for determining a track identifier of a data track stored at a location in a RAID group.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, nickel, and iron, wherein (i) the concentration of platinum is greater than 50 atomic percent, the concentration of nickel is less than 15 atomic percent and/or the concentration of iron is greater than 30 atomic percent, or (ii) the concentration of platinum is greater than 70 atomic percent and less than about 90 atomic percent. The present invention is further directed to a process for preparing such a catalyst composition from a catalyst precursor composition comprising platinum, nickel, and iron, wherein the concentration of platinum therein is less than 50 atomic percent.