Using non-volatile memories for disk caching of partition table entries

A disk cache may include a volatile memory such as a dynamic random access memory and a nonvolatile memory such as a polymer memory. When a cache line needs to be allocated on a write, the polymer memory may be allocated and when a cache line needs to be allocated on a read, the volatile memory may...

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Main Author Garney, John I
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.08.2008
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Summary:A disk cache may include a volatile memory such as a dynamic random access memory and a nonvolatile memory such as a polymer memory. When a cache line needs to be allocated on a write, the polymer memory may be allocated and when a cache line needs to be allocated on a read, the volatile memory may be allocated.