Method and apparatus for extending commands in a cached disk array
US6098149A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 13, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/126
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of improving storage system performance is provided. The method includes queuing asynchronous requests for data stored in physically disparate storage locations. The queue is then examined in order find those requests for data which has an acceptable level of physical proximity. Those requests having acceptable physical proximity are then bundled and transmitted as a single request a storage controller which activates the storage device and retrieves the data associated with the requests bundled into the single request.
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