Method and apparatus for managing internal caches and external caches in a data processing system
US6507891B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for caching data in an internal cache and in an external cache. A set of fragments is received for caching. A location is identified to store each fragment within the plurality of fragments based on a rate of change of data in each fragment. The set of fragments is stored in the internal cache and the external cache using the location identified for each fragment within the plurality of fragments.
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