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Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Andreas L. Bauer, Boxborough, MA (US);

Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Mark A. Parenti, Milford, NH (US);

Brian A. Castelli, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);

Inventors:

Andreas L. Bauer, Boxborough, MA (US);

Stephen J. Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Mark A. Parenti, Milford, NH (US);

Brian A. Castelli, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

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

A method is used in application aware cache management. A cache management policy is received including one or more sets of device generic application best practices and one or more sets of device specific best practices. Initial cache configuration processing is performed in connection with configuring a cache of a data storage system. The cache management policy is used in performing the initial cache configuration processing. Storage objects are identified as being in use by an application. Ongoing cache configuration processing is performed in connection with configuring the cache of the data storage system for use with the storage objects.


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