Methods and systems for distributed caching in presence of updates and in accordance with holding times

Techniques for improved cache management including cache replacement are provided. In one aspect, a distributed caching technique of the invention comprises the use of a central cache and one or more local caches. The central cache communicates with the one or more local caches and coordinates updat...

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Main Authors IYENGAR ARUN KWANGIL, ROUVELLOU ISABELLE M
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.03.2005
Edition7
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Techniques for improved cache management including cache replacement are provided. In one aspect, a distributed caching technique of the invention comprises the use of a central cache and one or more local caches. The central cache communicates with the one or more local caches and coordinates updates to the local caches, including cache replacement. The invention also provides techniques for adaptively determining holding times associated with data storage applications such as those involving caches.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20020092766