Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:28:06 -0500 | From | "Ming Zhao" <> | Subject | Re: [dm-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] dm-cache: block level disk cache target for device mapper |
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On 12/1/06, Ming Zhang <blackmagic02881@gmail.com> wrote: > like to see this idea but any similarity with > http://www.ele.uri.edu/Research/hpcl/STICS/stics.pdf? > > STICS is patent pending so not sure if kernel can be free to merge this > dm-cache.
I like the idea of STICS, an efficient bridge between SCSI and IP. But I think its only similarity with dm-cache is the use of nonvolatile caching.
Dm-cache is a generic block-level disk cache that supports a variety of SAN technologies and is not tied to any particular one.
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