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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Amitai Alkalay, Kadima, IL;

Boris Glimcher, Bnei Brak, IL;

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing a storage appliance is provided. The method includes (a) partitioning a cache of the storage appliance at least into multiple regions dedicated to respective storage drives of a plurality of storage drives of the storage appliance; (b) in response to the storage appliance receiving a first storage command directed to a first storage drive, allocating space for fulfillment of the first storage command within the region of cache dedicated to the first storage drive; (c) in response to the storage appliance receiving a second storage command directed to a second storage drive, allocating space for fulfillment of the second storage command within the region of cache dedicated to the second storage drive; and (d) fulfilling, by the storage appliance, the first and second storage commands by moving data to and from their respective allocated space in the cache. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing a similar method are also provided.


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