Systems and methods for automatically aggregating write requests

A method for signaling a compute element to start aggregating data write requests;

• comprising:
• receiving, in a data interface, from a compute element, a series of data write requests conveying respectively a series of data sets, in which each of the data sets conveyed is to be stored by the data interface;
• storing, by the data interface, each of the data sets conveyed, as soon as the data set is conveyed, such that said storing is performed in synchronization with said reception of the data write requests, thereby facilitating low latency read-back of the data sets already conveyed;
• detecting, by the data interface, a condition in which:
• (i) at least a certain number of said data write requests have arrived at the data interface, while (ii) there has been essentially no attempt to read-back, from the data interface, any of the data sets conveyed to the data interface;
• signaling, as a result of said detection, by the data interface, to the compute element, that said condition has been detected, thereby implying to said compute element that:
• (i) it is not critical to maintain a low latency in conjunction with said storage of the data sets, and therefore that (ii) aggregation of data write requests is now possible;
• and receiving, in the data interface, from a compute element, as a result of said signaling, at least one aggregated data write request, in which said aggregated data write request conveys at least two additional data sets to be stored by the data interface.

A method for signaling a compute element to start aggregating data write requests;

• comprising:
• receiving, in a data interface, from a compute element, a series of data write requests conveying respectively a series of data sets, in which each of the data sets conveyed is to be stored by the data interface;
• storing, by the data interface, each of the data sets conveyed, as soon as the data set is conveyed, such that said storing is performed in synchronization with said reception of the data write requests, thereby facilitating low latency read-back of the data sets already conveyed;
• detecting, by the data interface, a condition in which:
• (i) at least a first quantity of said data write requests have arrived at the data interface, while (ii) there has been a second quantity of attempts to read-back, from the data interface, any of the data sets conveyed to the data interface, in which said first quantity is at least 10 (ten) times larger than said second quantity, thereby implying that there was essentially no attempt to read any of the data sets conveyed to the data interface;
• signaling, as a result of said detection, by the data interface, to the compute element, that said condition has been detected, thereby implying to said compute element that:
• (i) it is not critical to maintain a low latency in conjunction with said storage of the data sets, and therefore that (ii) aggregation of data write requests is now possible;
• and receiving, in the data interface, from a compute element, as a result of said signaling, at least one aggregated data write request, in which said aggregated data write request conveys at least two additional data sets to be stored by the data interface.