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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Lsi Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sumanesh Samanta, Bangalore, IN;

Saugata Das Purkayastha, Bangalore, IN;

Sourav Saha, Bangalore, IN;

Mohana Rao Goli, Banglore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0866 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/0888 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/222 (2013.01); G06F 2212/286 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and structure for selective cache mirroring. One embodiment includes a control unit and a memory. The memory is able to store indexing information for a multi-device cache for a logical volume. The control unit is able to receive an Input/Output (I/O) request from a host directed to a Logical Block Address (LBA) of the logical volume, to consult the indexing information to identify a cache line for storing the I/O request, and to store the I/O request at the cache line on a first device of the cache. The control unit is further able to mirror the I/O request to another device of the cache if the I/O request is a write request, and to complete the I/O request without mirroring the I/O request to another device of the cache if the I/O request is a read request.


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