Patent ID: 8515922
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for smarter deduplicated caching of queries for green IT management by combining caching and deduplicating of queries and responses to reduce work load by a processor device in a computer storage device, the method comprising: ascertaining a plurality of most-used data access chains, wherein a plurality of access paths to identical data is determined for the plurality of most-used data access chains; determining a generalized chain that is formed from the plurality of access paths to the identical data; and deduplicating a plurality of keys and a plurality of information relating to the plurality of access paths to the identical data, further including performing at least one of: maintaining a plurality of statistics of the plurality of information used by a common information model (CIM) agent, wherein the ascertaining the plurality of most-used data access chains is performed by the CIM agent, and using a plurality of statistical hints from the plurality of statistics for managing cache space.