CACHE OPTIMIZATION FOR A REMOTE STORAGE DEVICE

Abstract: an apparatus includes a processing device, a network interface configured with a set of channels for communicating data with a target storage unit through a network. the apparatus includes memory, wherein the memory stores computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to: based on one or more addresses associated with an input/output (i/o) data request, select from the set of channels, a subset of one or more channels from a plurality of subsets of channels having a different associated cache hit probability level, to use to send the i/o data request through a network to a target device having an i/o cache. the processing unit sends, via the network interface, the i/o data request on a channel within the selected subset of one or more channels to access the i/o cache through the network. associated methods are also disclosed.

Inventor(s): ANDREW C. M. HICKS, JOHN S. WERNER, CHRISTOPHER V. DEROBERTIS, RYAN THOMAS RAWLINS, PASQUALE A. CATALANO

CPC Classification: G06F12/0877 (Cache access modes)

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