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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An input/output control device uses all of its cache memory effectively and allows cache memory modules to be added in increments of one. When cache memory included in the input/output control device is operating normally and the input/output control device receives a write request from a processing device, the input/output control device returns a write request completed response after writing data to cache memory as set forth in configuration information included in the input/output control device. The write data in the cache memory is then written to one or more disk devices asynchronously with the write completed response. When there is a problem with a cache memory module, the write data that was to be written to the region controlled by the cache memory module where the problem occurred is divided among the remaining cache memory modules. When adding more cache memory modules, the input/output control device writes data to the cache memory in response to a write request from a processing device based on the configuration information after the cache memory was increased and after the data was moved as set forth in the configuration information corresponding to the cache memory increase.