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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Ofir Zohar, Alfe-Menashe, IL;
Yaron Revah, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Haim Helman, Ramat Gan, IL;
Dror Cohen, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shemer Schwartz, Herzelia, IL;
Ofir Zohar, Alfe-Menashe, IL;
Yaron Revah, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Haim Helman, Ramat Gan, IL;
Dror Cohen, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shemer Schwartz, Herzelia, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and circuit for efficiently managing a cache storage device. A cache storage device may include a cache management module. The cache management module may be adapted to generate a management unit and to associate the management unit with new data that is to be written into the cache. The cache management module may be further adapted to assign two or more allocation units for each management unit, to store the new data in the cache. A cache management module may include a management unit module. The management unit module may be adapted to generate management units associated with predefined global cache management functions. The cache management module may further include an allocation unit module in communication with the management unit module. The allocation unit module may be adapted to assign allocation units for storing data written into the cache.