Enabling union page cache to boost file access performance of NVRAM-based storage device

Shuo Han Chen, Tseng Yi Chen, Yuan Hao Chang, Hsin Wen Wei, Wei Kuan Shih

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Abstract

Due to the fast access performance, byte-addressability, and non-volatility of non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), NVRAM has emerged as a popular candidate for the design of memory/storage systems on mobile computing systems. For example, the latest 3D xPoint memory could be a kind of NVRAM with much longer life expectancy than NAND .ash and could ease the possible endurance issue. When NVRAM is considered as both main memory and storage in mobile computing systems, existing page cache mechanisms introduce too many unnecessary data movements between main memory and storage. To resolve this issue, we propose the concept of "union page cache," which jointly manages data of the page cache in both main memory and storage. To realize this concept, a partial page cache strategy is designed to consider both main memory and storage as its management space and to eliminate unnecessary data movements between main memory and storage without sacri.cing the data consistency of .le systems. Experimental results show that the proposed strategy can boost the .le accessing performance upto 85.62% when using PCM as a case study.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 55th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781450357005
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Jun 2018
Event55th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2018 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 24 Jun 201829 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - Design Automation Conference
VolumePart F137710
ISSN (Print)0738-100X

Conference

Conference55th Annual Design Automation Conference, DAC 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period24/06/1829/06/18

Keywords

  • FAT
  • Mobile computing systems
  • NVRAM
  • Page cache

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