Re: [dm-devel] Re: [RFC][PATCH] dm-cache: block level disk cache target for device mapper

[Ming Zhao]

On 12/1/06, Ming Zhang <blackmagic02881@xxxxxxxxx> 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.


Best regards,
Ming Zhao
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