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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Joseph S. Hyde, II, Tucson, AZ (US);
Subhojit Roy, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/122 (2016.01); G06F 12/123 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/122 (2013.01); G06F 12/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
For a cache in which a plurality of frequently accessed data segments are temporarily stored, reference count information of the plurality of data segments, in conjunction with least recently used (LRU) information, is used to determine a length of time to retain the plurality of data segments in the cache according to a predetermined weight, where notwithstanding the LRU information, those of the plurality of data segments having a higher reference counts are retained longer than those having lower reference counts.