Method of dynamically allocating network node memory's partitions for caching distributed files
US6047356A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed file system with dedicated nodes capable of being connected to workstations at their bus. The system uses a complementary client-side and server-side file caching method that increases parallelism by issuing multiple server requests to keep the hardware devices busy simultaneously. Most of the node memory is used for file caching and input/output (I/O) device buffering using dynamic memory organization, reservation and allocation methods for competing memory-intensive activities.
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