Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache
View Patent ↗Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache, including: receiving from an enclosure attached server, by an enclosure that includes enclosure cache, a request for data; determining, by the enclosure, whether the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers; and responsive to determining that the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers, marking, by the enclosure, the data as enclosure level cacheable.
1. A method of managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache, the method comprising:
receiving from an enclosure attached server, by an enclosure that includes enclosure cache, a request for data;
determining, by the enclosure, whether the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers;
responsive to determining that the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers, marking, by the enclosure, the data as enclosure level cacheable
determining, by the enclosure, whether the data resides in local server cache on one or more enclosure attached servers; and
responsive to determining that the data resides in local server cache on one or more enclosure attached servers, evicting the data from the local server cache on the one or more enclosure attached servers.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing, in the enclosure cache, the data.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein marking the data as enclosure level cacheable further comprises updating, by the enclosure, metadata associated with the data.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the data has been requested by a predetermined number of enclosure attached servers further comprises determining, by the enclosure, the number of attempted accesses of the data by each of the enclosure attached servers.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
requesting, by an enclosure attached server, access to data that is not contained in the enclosure cache; and
storing, by the enclosure attached server, the data in local server cache.