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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:

Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);

Matti A. Vanninen, Cary, NC (US);

Inventors:

Robert L. Fair, Cary, NC (US);

Matti A. Vanninen, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:

Network Appliance, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses provide a multi-level buffer cache having queues corresponding to different priority levels of queuing within the buffer cache. One or more data blocks are buffered in the buffer cache. In one embodiment, an initial level of queue is identified for a data block to be buffered in the buffer cache. The initial level of queue can be modified higher or lower depending on a value of a cache property associated with the data block. In one embodiment, the data block is monitored for data access in a queue, and the data block is aged and moved to higher level(s) of queuing based on rules for the data block. The rules can apply to the queue in which the data block is buffered, to a data type of the data block, or to a logical partition to which the data block belongs.


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Fair, Robert. (2012). Multi-level buffer cache management through soft-division of a uniform buffer cache (U.S. Patent No. 8117396). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8117396

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