Intelligence for controlling virtual storage appliance storage allocation
US8874848B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/601
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A change in workload characteristics detected at one tier of a multi-tiered cache is communicated to another tier of the multi-tiered cache. Multiple caching elements exist at different tiers, and at least one tier includes a cache element that is dynamically resizable. The communicated change in workload characteristics causes the receiving tier to adjust at least one aspect of cache performance in the multi-tiered cache. In one aspect, at least one dynamically resizable element in the multi-tiered cache is resized responsive to the change in workload characteristics.
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