Storage system with inhibition of cache destaging
US7293137B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 3, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0804
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems for data storage including initiating a destaging process in a storage system for destaging data from a cache to a mass storage device. Upon inputting a standby command to the storage system to inhibit the destaging of the data in a specified range, the destaging of the data in the specified range from the cache to the mass storage device is inhibited.
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