MANAGING CACHE DATA

摘要

AUS060509 24 ABSTRACT MANAGING CACHE DATA 5 A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data in a cache and for establishing a priority level for said data in the cache. A determination is made whether data is designated for slower aging within the cache during execution of instructions for an application. The priority level for the data in the cache is set in response to a determination that the data is designated for slower aging. The priority level 10 indicates that the data is aged slower than other data without the priority level. Data which has been so designated by an application can be identified and then aged in the cache at a slower rate than other data in the cache that is undesignated for slower aging in response to identifying the data in the cache.