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Patent No.:

US 11294812 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2020

Obtaining cache resources for expected writes to tracks in a write set after the cache resources were released for the tracks in the write set

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Beth Ann Peterson, Tucson, AZ (US);

Chung Man Fung, San Francisco, CA (US);

Matthew J. Kalos, Tucson, AZ (US);

Matthew Richard Craig, Tucson, AZ (US);

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Konrad Raynes Davda & Victor LLP

David W. Victor

Primary Examiner:

Jane Wei

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/0806 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0676 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 12/0806 (2013.01); G06F 2212/602 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for prefetching cache resources for a write request from a host to tracks in storage cached in a cache. Cache resources held for a plurality of tracks in a write set are released before expected writes are received for the tracks in the write set. Cache resources for tracks in the write set are obtained, following the release of the cache resources, to use for expected write requests to the tracks in the write set.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Peterson, Beth. (2022). Obtaining cache resources for expected writes to tracks in a write set after the cache resources were released for the tracks in the write set (U.S. Patent No. 11294812). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11294812

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