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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:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2018
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Shu Li, Bothell, WA (US);

Ping Zhou, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G06F 12/0815 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/068 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 12/0815 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment facilitates global data placement in a storage device. The system receives a request to write first data. The system selects one of a plurality of physical media of the storage device to which to directly write the first data, based on a frequency of access, a block size, and a latency requirement of the first data, wherein the plurality of physical media includes a fast cache medium, a solid state drive, and a hard disk drive. In response to determining that the frequency of access of the first data is greater than a predetermined threshold, or in response to determining that the block size associated with the first data is not greater than a predetermined size and determining that the first data is an update to existing data, the system selects the fast cache medium. The system writes the first data to the selected one physical medium.


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