Patent ID: 7159049

Claim:
A method of operating a memory management system for processing data files received by said memory management system from an access flow regulator, said access flow regulator is an interface between a file server and said memory management system, said memory management system is common to all ports of said file server; said memory management system comprising a plurality of high speed low storage capacity memories and a lower speed high storage capacity bulk memory, said high speed memories have a first data rate, said bulk memory has a second data rate substantially lower than said first data rate; said method comprises the steps of: operating said access flow regulator for generating requests received by said access flow regulator form said file server for the reading and writing of data files by said memories; initiating the writing of a data file by transmitting a write request and a data file from said access flow regulator to one of said high speed memories, said data file has a first portion and an excess portion; writing said first part and said excess portion of said data file into said one high speed memory; and transferring said excess portion of said data file from said one high speed memory to said bulk memory while leaving said first portion of said data file in said one high speed memory.