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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:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

May. 24, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Shankar Balasubramanian, Bangalore, IN;

Venkateswara R. Puvvada, Inkollu, IN;

Frank B. Schmuck, Campbell, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 12/128 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1435 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 9/547 (2013.01); G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/128 (2013.01); G06F 2212/621 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for enhanced application write operations is provided. The present invention may include performing a write operation by an application node. The present invention may then include committing the write operation to a local buffer cache. The present invention may then include sending the application node an indication that the write operation was successful. The present invention may then include flushing the local buffer cache to a disk based on a buffer flush trigger, and the present invention may lastly include sending a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to at least one gateway node, wherein functionality of the gateway node is located on different physical nodes which are separated from the application node over the network.


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