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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Benjamin A. Randolph, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Owen Martin, Hopedale, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for processing data may include: determining a first amount denoting an amount of write pending data stored in cache to be redirected through storage class memory (SCM) when destaging cached write pending data from the cache; performing first processing that destages write pending data from the cache, the first processing including: selecting, in accordance with the first amount, a first portion of write pending data that is destaged from the cache and stored in the SCM and a second portion of write pending data that is destaged directly from the cache and stored on one or more physical storage devices providing back-end non-volatile physical storage; and subsequent to storing the first portion of write pending data to the SCM, transferring the first portion of write pending data from the SCM to the one or more physical storage devices providing back-end non-volatile physical storage.