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Method, system and circuit for managing task queues in a disk device controller

US7539815B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2005
Grant dateMay 26, 2009
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2026

Classification

  • 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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