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Disk buffer

Known as: FUA, Force Unit Access, Read-ahead 
In computer storage, disk buffer (often ambiguously called disk cache or cache buffer) is the embedded memory in a hard disk drive (HDD) acting as a… 
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2007
2007
This paper presents the RAM enhanced disk cache project, REDCAP, a new cache of disk blocks which reduces the read I/O time by… 
2004
2004
Network attached disk storage is characterized by independent network attachment and embedded intelligence. For Internet… 
2003
2003
Previous real-time disk scheduling algorithms assume that each disk request incurs a disk mechanical operation and only consider… 
2002
2002
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1999
1999
With an ever increasing amount of data to store, hierarchical storage management (HSM) systems must still use tape for tertiary… 
1996
1996
We present the results of a variety of trace-driven simulations of disk cache design. Our traces come from a variety of mainframe… 
1989
1989
This paper describes an ambitious early design for a VM system for Psyche. Our plans for VM were scaled back substantially after… 
1986
1986
UNIX is a disk-based operating system, where only the system kernel is always memory-resident. A combination of small block size…