Tier aware caching solution to increase application performance
US10146437B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/225
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method comprising: permitting an application to be aware to be aware of a distribution of a data of the application across a cache and a permanent storage device. The cache comprises a solid state device and the permanent storage device comprises a disk or a memory. In yet another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a caching application program interface configured to permit an application to be aware to be aware of a distribution of a data of the application across a cache and a permanent storage device. A caching application program interface is configured to determine an input/output strategy to consume the data based on the distribution of the data.
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