Patent ID: 8452924

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an indication of a data portion update within an electromechanical storage system from a first proprietary, solid-state, non-volatile, cache memory system; and providing information concerning the data portion update to a second proprietary, solid-state, non-volatile, cache memory system, wherein the first proprietary, solid-state, non-volatile, cache memory system is associated with at least a first of a plurality of computing devices and is not associated with at least a second of the plurality of computing devices; wherein providing information concerning the data portion update to the second proprietary, solid-state, non-volatile, cache memory system includes sending an invalidate notification indicating the data stored to the second proprietary, solid-state, non-volatile, cache memory system associated with at least the second of the plurality of computing devices is invalid and the data portion update is available from the electromechanical storage system.