Patent ID: 6772199
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method for enhanced cache efficiency in a web server cache which is associated with a web server within a network which includes a plurality of web servers and clients, said method comprising the steps of:storing selected web pages requested by clients attached to a selected web server within a web server cache associated with said selected web server; specifying selected stored web pages within said web server cache as temporarily exempt from replacement based upon a preselected criterion; casting out a web page within said web server cache which is not designated as temporarily exempt from replacement according to a specified cache replacement algorithm in response to a subsequent attempt to store a web page within said web server cache if insufficient space exists within said web server cache; and casting out any web page within said web server cache according to said specified cache replacement algorithm in response to a subsequent attempt to store a web page within said web server cache if insufficient space exists within said web server cache and all stored web pages therein are temporarily exempt from replacement.