Paper Info
Title
NVCache: Increasing the Effectiveness of Disk Spin-Down Algorithms with Caching
Abstract
Being one of the few mechanical components in a typical computer system, hard drives consume a significant amount of the overall power used by a computer. Spinning down a hard drive reduces its power consumption, but only works when no disk accesses occur, limiting overall effectiveness. We have designed and implemented a technique to extend disk spin-down times using a small non-volatile storage cache called NVCache, which contains a combination of caching techniques to service reads and writes while the hard disk is in low-power mode. We show that combining NVCache with an adaptive disk spin-down algorithm, a hard disk’s power consumption can be reduced by up to 90%.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1109/MASCOTS.2006.34
MASCOTS
Keywords
Field
DocType
caching technique,typical computer system,overall power,disk access,disk spin-down algorithms,hard disk,overall effectiveness,power consumption,adaptive disk spin-down algorithm,hard drive,disk spin-down time,operating systems,mobile computing,spinning
Disk buffer,Cache,Computer science,Hard disk drive performance characteristics,Algorithm,Real-time computing,Page cache,Disk mirroring,Adaptive algorithm,Computer hardware,Energy consumption,Disk sector
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1526-7539
0-7695-2573-3
18
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.86
22
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Timothy Bisson11728.04
Scott A. Brandt2166394.81
Darrell D. E. Long33111536.40