Patent ID: 9286219
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: defining a portion of a frontend cache system for use as a data array cache portion, wherein the frontend cache system is compartmentalized into a local cache portion, a local drive portion, and the data array cache portion; identifying one or more cache slots included within a backend cache system that are going to be overwritten with hot cache data and are currently filled with cold cache data; and writing the cold cache data included within the one or more cache slots included within the backend cache system to one or more cache slots included within the data array cache portion, wherein the data array cache portion includes an area of the frontend cache system that would be utilized by a data array failover portion, wherein the backend cache system is a flash-based backend cache system and the frontend cache system is a flash-based frontend cache system.