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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Aayush Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
James L. Hafner, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Mohit Saxena, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes a cache storage device and a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor. The logic is configured to receive a write request including data to be written to the cache storage device. The logic is also configured to determine a size of the write request. Moreover, the logic is configured to select a chunk size from among a plurality of chunk sizes designated for storing data in the cache storage device. In addition, the logic is configured to allocate a fine block descriptor (FBD) having the selected chunk size to the write request.