Method and system for storing uncompressed data in a memory cach

Details Method and system for storing uncompressed data in a memory cach Method and system for storing uncompressed data in a memory cach

1996-10-23

1999-06-22

Donaghue, Larry D.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Hierarchical memories

711154, 395877, G06F 1520

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active

059151293

ABSTRACT:
An improved compressed file system is provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a memory cache is used for storing uncompressed data that is sent to or received from a compressed logical drive. When writing data to the compressed logical drive, the preferred embodiment of the present invention determines whether to use write-behind caching or write-through caching.

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