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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
May. 03, 2004
David Arthur Eatough, Herriman, UT (US);
David Arthur Eatough, Herriman, UT (US);
Crimson Corporation, Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
A system for managing a local cache that is part of a distributed cache is disclosed. The system includes a computing device. The computing device includes or is in electronic communication with a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium includes executable instructions for implementing a method for managing a local cache that is part of a distributed cache. In the method the local cache that is part of the distributed cache is identified. The local cache has a plurality of local files. Remote cache information is requested from a plurality of peers. The remote cache information is received. The remote cache information includes a file list identifying files in one or more remote caches. A priority is determined for each file of the plurality of local files based on the remote cache information. A local cache reduction operation is started that uses the priority to determine whether a local file is deleted.