Method and apparatus for performing a modified prefetch which sends a list identifying a plurality of data blocks
US5887151A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/383
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of prefetching data within a data storage system that includes at least two levels of data storage including a first level and a second level and that also includes an intelligent controller that interprets and executes received commands from a host processor connected to the data storage system, the method including the steps of receiving a prefetch command that identifies a list of data blocks within the first level of data storage; and prefetching from the first level of data storage into the second level of data storage all of the data blocks identified in the list.
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