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Read ahead management in a multi-stream workload

US10621096B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 2016
Grant dateApr 14, 2020
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/608
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Implementations described and claimed herein provide a method and system for managing execution of commands for a storage device, the method comprising identifying individual streams processing read ahead operations in a storage controller, determining an amount of read ahead data that each individual stream is processing in the read ahead operations, determining a total amount of read cache available for the storage controller, and determining a total amount of read ahead data that all the individual streams are processing in the read ahead operations.

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