Patent ID: 7418547
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for recording data transmitted to a storage system, the storage system having a cache and at least one storage device, the method comprising: maintaining, in a cache associated with at least one storage device, a queue comprising one or more first data items to be stored in the at least one storage device; receiving a request to record data stored in the at least one storage device; inserting a second data item into the queue, after the one or more first data items, after the request is received; flushing at least one of the one or more first data items from the cache to the at least one storage device; inserting into the queue one or more third data items, after inserting the second data item; and recording data stored in the at least one storage device, including the one or more first data items, in response to the request, after the second data item has been flushed from the cache.