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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2023
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Andrew C. M. Hicks, Highland, NY (US);
John S. Werner, Fishkill, NY (US);
Christopher V Derobertis, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Ryan Thomas Rawlins, New Paltz, NY (US);
Pasquale A. Catalano, Wallkill, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a processing device, a network interface configured with a set of channels for communicating data with a target storage unit through a network. The apparatus includes memory, wherein the memory stores computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to: based on one or more addresses associated with an input/output (I/O) data request, select from the set of channels, a subset of one or more channels from a plurality of subsets of channels having a different associated cache hit probability level, to use to send the I/O data request through a network to a target device having an I/O cache. The processing unit sends, via the network interface, the I/O data request on a channel within the selected subset of one or more channels to access the I/O cache through the network. Associated methods are also disclosed.