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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Jose R. Escalera, Austin, TX (US);
Octavian F. Herescu, Austin, TX (US);
Vernon W. Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael D. Roll, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Jose R. Escalera, Austin, TX (US);
Octavian F. Herescu, Austin, TX (US);
Vernon W. Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael D. Roll, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for caching data in a blade computing complex includes providing a storage blade that includes a disk operative to store pages of data and a cache memory operative to store at least one of the pages. A processor blade is provided that includes a first memory area to store at least one of the pages and a second memory area configured to store an address of each of the pages and a hint value that is assigned to each of the pages. An address of each of the pages is stored in the second memory area, and a hint is assigned to each of the pages, where the hint is one of: likely to be accessed, may be accessed, and unlikely to be accessed. The page is then stored in storage blade cache memory based on the hint.