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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Robert Galbraith, Rochester, MN (US);

Adrian C. Gerhard, Rochester, MN (US);

Daniel F. Moertl, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01); G06F 12/0875 (2016.01); G06F 12/0873 (2016.01); G06F 12/0871 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 12/0873 (2013.01); G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/262 (2013.01); G06F 2212/281 (2013.01); G06F 2212/305 (2013.01); G06F 2212/3042 (2013.01); G06F 2212/313 (2013.01); G06F 2212/452 (2013.01); G06F 2212/604 (2013.01);
Abstract

Caching data in a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) storage system including receiving an operation instruction targeting a location in an attached memory of the RAID storage system, wherein the attached memory temporarily stores data for storage on RAID storage devices, and wherein the operation instruction is one selected from a group consisting of a read instruction and a write instruction; redirecting, based on a content of the operation instruction, the operation instruction from the attached memory to the embedded memory on the RAID storage system; and servicing the operation instruction by accessing a portion of the embedded memory corresponding to the location in the attached memory of the RAID storage system.


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