US Patent:
20110119228, May 19, 2011
Inventors:
Edwin Menze - Portland OR, US
Raghupathi Malige - San Jose CA, US
Bala Kumaresan - East Palo Alto CA, US
Tillmann Reusse - Mountain View CA, US
Assignee:
SYMANTEC CORPORATION - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
G06F 12/00
G06F 12/08
US Classification:
707607, 711137, 707E1701, 707E17044, 711E12057
Abstract:
A method for implementing selective file system caching. The method includes receiving I/O requests from an application and comparing each of the I/O requests with a configurable cache map, wherein the configurable cache map controls a selective caching based on an I/O type and a file type. Each of the I/O requests are processed to render caching decisions based on the configurable cache map. Selective caching is then implemented on each of the I/O requests in accordance with the caching decisions.