Cognitive dynamic allocation in caching appliances

摘要

An approach is provided in which a caching appliance receives a data packet over a network connection utilizing a network protocol. The caching appliance selects a storage area based upon the network protocol and stores the data packet in the selected storage area. In one embodiment, the caching appliance identifies a service level that corresponds to the network protocol and selects the storage area based upon the identified service level.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a data packet at a caching appliance from a first device communicating over a network connection that utilizes a first protocol type to provide the data packet, wherein the first protocol type is included in a plurality of protocol types supported by the caching appliance, and wherein the caching appliance includes one or more processors; determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, whether a preferred storage area corresponding to the first protocol type includes an available memory location; and storing, by at least one of the one or more processors, the data packet in an assigned storage area corresponding to the first protocol type in response to determining that the preferred storage area fails to include the available memory location.