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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2003
Michael E. Factor, Haifa, IL;
Shachar Fienblit, Ein Ayala, IL;
Olympia Gluck, Haifa, IL;
Joseph Smith Hyde, Ii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas Charles Jarvis, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martin Jacob Tross, Haifa, IL;
Aviad Zlotnick, Netofah, IL;
Michael E. Factor, Haifa, IL;
Shachar Fienblit, Ein Ayala, IL;
Olympia Gluck, Haifa, IL;
Joseph Smith Hyde, II, Tucson, AZ (US);
Thomas Charles Jarvis, Tucson, AZ (US);
William Frank Micka, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gail Andrea Spear, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martin Jacob Tross, Haifa, IL;
Aviad Zlotnick, Netofah, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method, system, and program for reducing an mount of data transferred. Indicators of sub-blocks modified for a block of data since the block of data was last sent to remote storage are maintained until the block of data is demoted. The maintained indicators are used to identify sub-blocks on the block of data for transfer to the remote storage. Disclosed is a method, system, and program for managing metadata in cache. A first policy is used to determine when to remove data from a primary cache, and a second policy is used to determine when to remove data from a metadata cache.