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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Kevin J. Ash, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael T. Benhase, Tucson, AZ (US);
Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Rueschlikon, CH;
Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Haas, Rueschlikon, CH;
Yu-cheng Hsu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Xiaoyu HU, Rueschlikon, CH;
Joseph S. Hyde, Ii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roman A. Pletka, Rueschlikon, CH;
Alfred E. Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kevin J. Ash, Tucson, AZ (US);
Michael T. Benhase, Tucson, AZ (US);
Evangelos S. Eleftheriou, Rueschlikon, CH;
Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Robert Haas, Rueschlikon, CH;
Yu-Cheng Hsu, Tucson, AZ (US);
Xiaoyu Hu, Rueschlikon, CH;
Joseph S. Hyde, II, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roman A. Pletka, Rueschlikon, CH;
Alfred E. Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An I/O enclosure module is provided with one or more I/O enclosures having a plurality of slots for receiving electronic devices. A host adapter is connected a first slot of the I/O enclosure module and is configured to connect a host to the I/O enclosure. A device adapter is connected to a second slot of the I/O enclosure module and is configured to connect a storage device to the I/O enclosure module. A flash cache is connected to a third slot of the I/O enclosure module and includes a flash-based memory configured to cache data associated with data requests handled through the I/O enclosure module. A primary processor complex manages data requests handled through the I/O enclosure module by communicating with the host adapter, device adapter, and flash cache to manage to the data requests.