Method and system for managing data access requests utilizing storage meta data processing
First Claim
1. A method of managing requests in a communications environment, said method comprising:
- receiving by a manager a request associated with meta data, said meta data corresponding to data maintained separately from the meta data; and
informing, by the manager, another manager of an anticipated request to be received by the another manager to enable the another manager to prepare for the anticipated request.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for managing requests to access data in a computer environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a request manager receives a request associated with meta data corresponding to data that is maintained separately from the meta data. In another aspect, the request manager informs a data object manager of an anticipated request that will be received by the data object manager to enable it to prepare for the anticipated request. The data object manager commences preparing for the anticipated request in response to being informed of the anticipated request to facilitate a reduction in data access time. In one example of a computing environment utilizing one or aspects of the invention, a storage subsystem comprising a data object manager prepares for the anticipated request by pre-fetching data blocks from storage media into a cache.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of managing requests in a communications environment, said method comprising:
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receiving by a manager a request associated with meta data, said meta data corresponding to data maintained separately from the meta data; and
informing, by the manager, another manager of an anticipated request to be received by the another manager to enable the another manager to prepare for the anticipated request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A request management system for a communications environment, said system comprising:
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means for receiving by a manager a request associated with meta data, said meta data corresponding to data maintained separately from the meta data; and
means for informing, by the manager, another manager of an anticipated request to be received by the another manager to enable the another manager to prepare for the anticipated request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. At least one program storage device readable by a machine embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of managing requests in a communications environment, said method comprising:
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receiving by a manager a request associated with meta data, said meta data corresponding to data maintained separately from the meta data; and
informing, by the manager, another manager of an anticipated request to be received by the another manager to enable the another manager to prepare for the anticipated request. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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