Method and apparatus for writing data to a storage device
US7076605B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0866
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of writing data to a storage medium comprises receiving blocks of data to be written to a physical medium of the disk, from a data source and storing the blocks of data in a write cache for the disk. The method further comprises checking the status of a flush criterion that controls when to flush the write cache; flushing the write cache by writing the data in the write cache to the physical medium if the flush criterion is satisfied; and sending a message to the data source to indicate that the blocks of data have been written to the physical medium.
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