Method for non-volatile caching of network and CD-ROM file acces

Details Method for non-volatile caching of network and CD-ROM file acces Method for non-volatile caching of network and CD-ROM file acces

1996-05-01

1998-09-08

Swann, Tod R.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

711118, G06F 1200

Patent

active

058060855

ABSTRACT:
A non-volatile caching system and a method for implement such a system is disclosed. The system is particularly applicable to rotating magnetic media such as hard disk drives. The system retains data even in the event of system shut-down and re-boot. The system is capable of rapidly caching data from large, randomly accessed files, such as databases, in a space-efficient manner. The cached data can be stored in nearly any standard or non-standard format on the magnetic media. A conversion routine converts CD-ROM file names or network file names to local hard disk drive file names and back. A mini-database is created for each cached file on the hard disk drive. The mini-data base maps randomly-accessed blocks of data within the cached file on the local hard disk drive.

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