Method and apparatus for enhanced, high speed updating and storing of E-commerce orders in a server

Apparatus for implementing enhanced, high speed updating and storing of electronic-commerce orders comprising:

• a server computer for receiving an electronic-commerce order;
• said server computer having a main memory write cache for storing said received electronic-commerce order;
• a disk drive;
• said disk drive including a plurality of cylinders for storing data;
• said server computer arranged to perform the steps of periodically transferring said stored electronic-commerce order data in said write cache to a predetermined temporary read/write cylinder of said disk drive;
• identifying a predefined storage threshold level for said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder;
• responsive to identifying said predefined threshold level, sequentially reading said stored electronic-commerce order data;
• identifying a customer type for said electronic-commerce order;
• responsive to identifying a predefined first customer type for said electronic-commerce order, and transferring said electronic-commerce order from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder to a selected cylinder within a set number of cylinders from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder;
• and
• responsive to identifying a predefined second customer type for said electronic-commerce order, and transferring said electronic-commerce order from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder to a selected cylinder more than said set number of cylinders from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder.

A computer program product for implementing enhanced, high speed updating and storing of electronic-commerce orders in a server computer, said server computer having a main memory write cache and at least one disk drive, said computer program product including a plurality of computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium, wherein said instructions, when executed by said server computer, cause the server computer to perform the steps of:

• receiving an electronic-commerce order;
• storing said received electronic-commerce order in said main memory write cache;
• periodically transferring said stored electronic-commerce order data in said write cache to a predetermined temporary read/write cylinder of said disk drive;
• identifying a predefined storage threshold level for said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder;
• responsive to identifying said predefined threshold level, sequentially reading said stored electronic-commerce order data;
• identifying a customer type for said electronic-commerce order;
• responsive to identifying a predefined first customer type for said electronic-commerce order, and transferring said electronic-commerce order from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder to a selected cylinder within a set number of cylinders from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder;
• and
• responsive to identifying a predefined second customer type for said electronic-commerce order, and transferring said electronic-commerce order from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder to a selected cylinder more than said set number of cylinders from said predetermined temporary read/write cylinder.