Online iteration resource allocation for large sector format drive
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for resource allocation for a large sector format processing may include, but are not limited to, operations for: determining non-convergence of a magnetic disc sub-sector of a first magnetic disc sector within a processing time frame allocated to the magnetic disc sub-sector; determining a convergence of a second magnetic disc sector occurring in less time than a processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector; and processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector.
1. A computing-device implemented method comprising:
determining non-convergence of a magnetic disc sub-sector of a first magnetic disc sector within a processing time frame allocated to the magnetic disc sub-sector;
determining a convergence of a second magnetic disc sector occurring in less time than a processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector;
processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector.
2. The computing-device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic disc sector and the second magnetic disc sector are large format magnetic disc sectors.
3. The computing-device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic disc sector and the second magnetic disc sector are disc sectors of at least one storage device of a redundant array of independent discs (RAID).
4. The computing-device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector includes:
processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector directly follows a processing time frame allocated to the first magnetic disc sector.
5. The computing-device implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector includes:
storing data of the magnetic disc sub-sector to a buffer;
re-loading the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector from the buffer; and
processing the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector that does not directly follow a processing time frame allocated to the first magnetic disc sector.
6. The computing-device implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the re-loading the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector from the buffer includes:
swapping the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector stored in the buffer with data of at least one magnetic disc sub-sector of at least one of the second sector or another sector present in a back-end processing pipeline and having an estimated convergence efficiency greater than the sub-sector stored in the buffer.
7. The computing-device implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sorting two or more sub-sectors of the first magnetic disk sector according to an estimated convergence efficiency; and
processing the two or more sub-sectors according to their estimated convergence efficiencies.
8. A system comprising:
at least one computing device; and
one or more instructions which, when implemented in the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device for at least:
determining non-convergence of a magnetic disc sub-sector of a first magnetic disc sector within a processing time frame allocated to the magnetic disc sub-sector;
determining a convergence of a second magnetic disc sector occurring in less time than a processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector; and
processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first magnetic disc sector and the second magnetic disc sector are large format magnetic disc sectors.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first magnetic disc sector and the second magnetic disc sector are disc sectors of at least one storage device of a redundant array of independent discs (RAID).
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector includes:
processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector directly follows a processing time frame allocated to the first magnetic disc sector.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector includes:
storing data of the magnetic disc sub-sector to a buffer;
re-loading the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector from the buffer; and
processing the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector that does not directly follow a processing time frame allocated to the first magnetic disc sector.
13. The system of claim 5 , wherein the re-loading the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector from the buffer includes:
swapping the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector stored in the buffer with data of at least one magnetic disc sub-sector of at least one of the second sector or another sector present in a back-end processing pipeline and having an estimated convergence efficiency greater than the sub-sector stored in the buffer.
14. The system of claim 8 , further comprising instructions which, when implemented in the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device for at least:
sorting two or more sub-sectors of the first magnetic disk sector according to an estimated convergence efficiency; and
processing the two or more sub-sectors according to their estimated convergence efficiencies.
15. A system comprising:
circuitry for determining non-convergence of a magnetic disc sub-sector of a first magnetic disc sector within a processing time frame allocated to the magnetic disc sub-sector;
circuitry for determining a convergence of a second magnetic disc sector occurring in less time than a processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector; and
circuitry for processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first magnetic disc sector and the second magnetic disc sector are large format magnetic disc sectors.
17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first magnetic disc sector and the second magnetic disc sector are disc sectors of at least one storage device of a redundant array of independent discs (RAID).
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry for processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector includes:
circuitry for processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector directly follows a processing time frame allocated to the first magnetic disc sector.
19. The system of claim 15 , wherein the circuitry for processing the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector includes:
circuitry for storing data of the magnetic disc sub-sector to a buffer;
circuitry for re-loading the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector from the buffer; and
circuitry for processing the data of the magnetic disc sub-sector during a portion of the processing time frame allocated to the second magnetic disc sector remaining after processing of the second magnetic disc sector that does not directly follow a processing time frame allocated to the first magnetic disc sector.
20. The system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions which, when implemented in the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device for at least:
sorting two or more sub-sectors of the first magnetic disk sector according to an estimated convergence efficiency; and
processing the two or more sub-sectors according to their estimated convergence efficiencies.