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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Gareth Christopher Matthews, Cedar Park, TX (US);
David Medina, Austin, TX (US);
Allen Chester Wynn, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method in a data processing system for managing memory within the data processing system. A discardable page that is to be removed from the memory is identified. A determination is made as to whether performance will increase by storing the discardable page in a paging device located within the data processing system. If it is determined that performance will increase, the discardable page is marked as a paged discardable page and stored in the paging device locally, wherein this page may be retrieved from the paging device. The paging device may take the form of a paging file, such as a swap file. If space is unavailable within the paging device, the discardable page may be discarded. These processes may be implemented in a network computer.