Method, system and circuit for managing task queues in a disk device controller
US7539815B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0866
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In accordance with further embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a disk controller for managing the delegation of tasks from a disk controller to a disk, including a task delegation module adapted to delegate fetch or destage tasks to the disk in accordance with a relation between an amount of dirty data currently in a cache and a number of pending destage tasks currently being handled by the disk.
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