Patent ID: 9431061
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G11B

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a data storage system, comprising: receiving at the data storage system a command to perform a write operation, wherein the data storage system comprises at least two data storage devices that include a first data storage device and a second data storage device; causing at least one of the at least two data storage devices to perform the write operation; detecting, before or during the write operation, a signal indicating that a hostile event is detected; detecting that the signal affects the first data storage device but not the second data storage device; if the command to perform the write operation specifies the first data storage device suspending the write operation until the signal stops; continuing, after the signal stops, the write operation to the first data storage device; and if the command to perform the write operation specifies the second data storage device, not suspending the write operation.