Patent ID: 11892949
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further includes a hot object table;
wherein the hot object table comprises entries associated with respective data objects;
wherein each entry of the hot object table includes at least one of the first hot object status and a second hot object status, the first hot object status, included in each entry of the hot object table, associated with the respective data object, the second hot object status, included in each entry of the hot object table, indicating that the respective data object is a confirmed hot data object;
wherein each entry in the hot object table further comprises a respective counter; and
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a request to obtain a copy of second data object;
determining that the second data object is not included in the hot object table; and,
in response to determining that the second data object is not included in the hot object table, selecting a matching entry of the hot object table to re-use in association with the second data object, wherein the matching entry corresponds to a third data object different from the second data object, and wherein the selecting the matching entry is based at least in part on the counter included in the matching entry.