公开(公告)号：DE10051024A1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-23

申请号：DE10051024

申请日：2000-10-14

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BARRETT ROBERT C ,  BELLWOOD THOMAS ALEXANDER ,  DUTTA RABINDRANATH ,  LITA CHRISTIAN ,  RUTKOWSKI MATTHEW FRANCIS ,  STERLING DOUGLAS MERLE

IPC: G06F9/50 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/163 ,  H04L12/16

Abstract: The method involves storing the overall output of the program element, e.g. code converters, group in the cache (707) instead of storing individual outputs of each program element (704,706,708). Independent claims are also included for the following: (a) Computer program for management of intermediate caching points in software system; (b) Computer system

公开(公告)号：DE10051024B4

公开(公告)日：2006-10-26

申请号：DE10051024

申请日：2000-10-14

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： BARRETT ROBERT C ,  BELLWOOD THOMAS ALEXANDER ,  DUTTA RABINDRANATH ,  LITA CHRISTIAN ,  RUTKOWSKI MATTHEW FRANCIS ,  STERLING DOUGLAS MERLE

IPC: G06F13/00 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F15/163 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04L12/16 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A set of program elements (e.g., transcoders) are grouped together as an administrative unit. Instead of caching the individual outputs of each program element, preferably only the aggregate output of the set of program elements, taken as a whole, is cached. The inventive technique enables the effective re-use of intermediate content. In an illustrative client-server based implementation involving a transcoding service located at a server, the cached information may be shared across multiple server instances to obviate redundant processing. With the present invention, a caching mechanism in a complex software system may be extended in a user-configurable manner by setting up optimal intermediate caching points that are defined by groups of programs used in long computations.