File prefetch contorol method for computer system
OwnerTomoki Sekiguchi, Toshiaki Arai +1inventors
InventorsTomoki Sekiguchi, Toshiaki Arai, Shigeo Takasaki
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Abstract
A file prefetch control method including the steps of dividing a file into a plurality of partial files furnished with a partial file name each, and converting a request to access any one of the partial files using the corresponding partial file name into a request to access the entire file to which the requested partial file belongs, whereby the file as a whole is read out. When multiple files are prefetched in this manner, the throughput of a file system is enhanced, the number of access operations to a secondary memory is reduced, and the wait time for access to partial files is shortened.
Claims2
A file prefetch control method for use with a computer system, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a file into a plurality of partial files;
- and
- converting a request to access any one of said partial files into a request to access said file to which the requested partial file belongs;
- whereby said file is read out.
A file prefetch control method for use with a computer system, comprising the steps of:
- rendering a plurality of partial files consecutively into a single file;
- converting a request to access any one of said partial files into a request to access said single file to which the requested partial file belongs;
- whereby said single file is read out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.