METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSISTENTLY CACHING STORAGE DATA IN A PAGE CACHE

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory to store executable instructions of an operating system and a processor to identify a request for data from an application; determine whether a persistent page cache stores a copy of the data, wherein the persistent page cache is directly addressabl...

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Hauptverfasser: SUBBAREDDY, Dheeraj R, KUMAR, Sanjay K, JACKSON, Jeffrey R
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory to store executable instructions of an operating system and a processor to identify a request for data from an application; determine whether a persistent page cache stores a copy of the data, wherein the persistent page cache is directly addressable by the processor and is to cache data of a storage device that is not directly addressable by the processor; and access the data from the persistent page cache.