Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes executing, by the microprocessor, instructions in an instruction stream of the microprocessor. The method further includes triggering, by control logic of the microprocessor, error condition monitoring logic. The method further includes executing, by the error condition monitoring logic of the microprocessor, an error instruction stream built into the microprocessor to break the microprocessor out of an error condition.

Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes executing, by the microprocessor, instructions in an instruction stream of the microprocessor. The method further includes triggering, by control logic of the microprocessor, error condition monitoring logic. The method further includes executing, by the error condition monitoring logic of the microprocessor, an error instruction stream built into the microprocessor to break the microprocessor out of an error condition.

Abstract: A method, for determining sufficiency of a given set of portions included within a storage system (SS) to accommodate one or more flows of data anticipated as flowing therethrough, may include: configuring the given set to include at least one of following portions, a given stable of one or more providers of data-storage (PDSs), and an SS-infrastructure; identifying components within members of the given set as queuing centers according to the one or more flows, respectively; estimating one or more capacity values, based upon the one or more flows, that will be demanded of the components, respectively; and determining whether the estimated one or more capacity values are acceptable in a context of corresponding capacity values attributed to the components, respectively.