destage
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destage (third-person singular simple present destages, present participle destaging, simple past and past participle destaged)
- (computing) To asynchronously write new or updated data from a cache or nonvolatile storage to a direct access storage device.
- A root item of data is located, and then a working set of data is collected by identifying additional data in the cache that will be destaged to locations in the storage device adjacent to the root item of data.
Further reading[edit]
- IBM HELP Glossary of CMS and Computer Related Terms
- Destage of data for write cache: United States Patent 6192450