Method and apparatus for synchronizing a cache

摘要

An approach is provided for segmenting a cache into one or more cache segments and synchronizing the cache segments. An cache platform causes, at least in part, a segmentation of at least one cache into one or more cache segments. The cache platform further determines that at least one cache segment of the one or more cache segments is invalid. The cache platform also causes, at least in part, a synchronization of the at least one cache segment. The approach allows for a dynamic optimization of the synchronization of the cache segments based on one or more characteristics associated with the devices and/or the connection associated with the cache synchronization.

主权项

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:
a segmentation of at least one cache into one or more cache segments having one or more levels of segment size; at least one change in information represented by the at least one cache; at least one determination that at least one cache segment of the one or more cache segments associated with the change in the information is invalid; at least one determination of a connection type associated with a synchronization of the at least one cache segment associated with the change in the information; the synchronization of the at least one cache segment, wherein the synchronization is based, at least in part, on the connection type associated with the synchronization and a number of invalid cache segments, a most accessed cache segment, a least accessed cache segment, at least one request for the at least one cache segment, or a combination thereof; and a size of the one or more cache segments based, at least in part, on the connection type associated with the synchronization including a data transfer speed of the connection and a most accessed cache segment, a least accessed cache segment, or a combination thereof.