Alibaba Group Holding Limited
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING AN ACCELERATOR'S PRIMARY STORAGE UNIT

Abstract:

The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for managing a primary storage unit of an accelerator. The methods include assessing activity of the accelerator; assigning, based on the assessed activity of the accelerator, a lease to a group of one or more pages of data on the primary storage unit, wherein the assigned lease indicates a lease duration; and marking, in response to the expiration of the lease duration indicated by the lease, the group of one or more pages of data as an eviction candidate.