Netapp, Inc.

Matthew Buller

Mahmoud K Jibbe

Dean Lang

Scott Terrill

Jeffery Fowler

Systems and methods that select a cache flushing algorithm are provided. A stripe that spans multiple storage devices and includes a plurality of segments is provided. The stripe also includes dirty data stored in a picket-fence pattern in at least a subset of segments in the plurality of segments. A memory cache that stores data separately from the plurality of storage devices and a metadata cache that stores metadata associated with the dirty data are also provided. A cache flushing algorithm is selected using the metadata. The selected cache flushing algorithm flushes data from the memory cache to the stripe.

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Wichita, KS, United States of America

Matthew Buller