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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Brian E. Bakke, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph R. Edwards, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert E. Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);
Adrian C. Gerhard, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel F. Moertl, Rochester, MN (US);
Gowrisankar Radhakrishnan, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Rick A. Weckwerth, Oronoco, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and controller for implementing storage adapter enhanced write cache management, and a design structure on which the subject controller circuit resides are provided. The controller includes a hardware write cache engine implementing hardware acceleration for storage write cache management. The hardware write cache engine monitors cache levels used for managing cache destage rates and thresholds for destages from storage write cache substantially without using firmware for greatly enhancing performance.