Patent ID: 7650534
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring and correcting data errors in a computer system, the method comprising: writing a set of data to a plurality of separate databases, the databases including at least a first database and a second database, reading the set of data from the first database, applying an error correction code to detect multiple bit errors in the set of data which was read from the first database, and in case a multiple bit error is detected, reporting the multiple bit error to an error management unit, managing with the error management unit a switch of reading data from the first database to the second database, and applying the error correction code for correcting single bit errors in the previously read set of data, correcting data in the first database by writing the set of data from the second database to both of the first and second databases, and reporting to the error management unit that the error is corrected.