IP Library Granted Patent US 9,189,477
Granted Patent B2
US 9,189,477 · App. 13/729,132 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Managing direct attached cache and remote shared cache

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,189,477
App. No.
13/729,132
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (12)

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.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050300/0947 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2016
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037696/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0111 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2012
From: CUDAK, GARY D.; HARDEE, CHRISTOPHER J.; HUMES, RANDALL C.; ROBERTS, ADAM
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029538/0159 →