Using multi-tiered cache to satisfy input/output requests

Using multi-tiered cache to satisfy input/output requests

A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: in response to a determination that an available capacity of one or more buffers in a primary cache is not outside a predetermined range, using the one or more buffers in the primary cache to satisfy all incoming I/O requests. In...

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Hauptverfasser: Hathorn, Roger G, Ash, Kevin J, Stanley, Warren Keith, Gupta, Lokesh Mohan, Peterson, Beth Ann
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
INFORMATION STORAGE
PHYSICS
STATIC STORES
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Zusammenfassung:A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: in response to a determination that an available capacity of one or more buffers in a primary cache is not outside a predetermined range, using the one or more buffers in the primary cache to satisfy all incoming I/O requests. In response to a determination that the available capacity of the one or more buffers in the primary cache is outside the predetermined range, one or more buffers in a secondary cache are allocated, and the one or more buffers in the secondary cache are used to satisfy at least some of the incoming I/O requests.