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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NetApp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0875 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0646 (2013.01); G06F 3/0671 (2013.01); G06F 17/30132 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network attached storage (NAS) caching appliance, system, and associated method of operation for caching a networked file system. Still further, some embodiments provide for a cache system that implements a mufti-tiered, policy-influenced block replacement algorithm.