Patent ID: 6330652
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A multi-tier management system for storing items and retrieving items upon request in a distributed network, said system comprising:a first partition having first storage means for storing said items for subsequent use by a requesting project, and first means for retrieving selected items from said first storage means in accordance with said request;a second partition having second storage means for temporarily caching said selected items, and second means for retrieving said selected items from said second storage means and feeding said selected items to said requesting process in a predefined sequence in accordance with said request,wherein said retrieval of selected items from said second storage means is performed concurrently with said temporarily caching of said selected items in said second storage means thereby satisfying said request at a greater speed, andwherein the first means for retrieving the selected items is performed simultaneously with the second means for retrieving the selected items.