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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2012
Efraim Zeidner, Haifa, IL;
Leo Corry, Ramat Gan, IL;
Efraim Zeidner, Haifa, IL;
Leo Corry, Ramat Gan, IL;
INFINIDAT LTD., Herzliya, IL;
Abstract
A storage system, a non-transitory computer readable medium and a method of pre-fetching. The method may include determining, by a pre-fetch module of the storage system, to fetch a certain data portion from a data storage device of the storage system to a cache memory of the storage system; wherein the certain data portion belongs to a certain statistical segment that belongs to at least one logical volume; determining, by a pre-fetch module of the storage system, to pre-fetch at least one additional data portion to the cache memory based upon input/output (I/O) activity statistics associated with the certain statistical segment; wherein the I/O activity statistics comprises timing information related to I/O activities; fetching the certain data portion; and pre-fetching the at least one additional data portion if it is determined to pre-fetch the at least one additional data portions.