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Method for transferring data from a host computer to a storage media using selectable caching strategies

  • US 6,412,045 B1
  • Filed: 05/23/1995
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for transferring data to a storage medium, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a controller having a cache memory;

    generating a cache-flushing parameter in a host computer;

    transferring the cache-flushing parameter from the host computer to the controller;

    writing a quantity of write request data from the cache memory of the controller to the storage medium in accordance with the cache-flushing parameter, initiating the writing step when an amount of unwritten write request data stored in the cache memory exceeds a first predetermined threshold value derived from the cache-flushing Parameter; and

    terminating the writing step when the amount of unwritten write request data drops below a second predetermined threshold value derived from another cache-flushing parameter.

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