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host cache
A cache that resides within a host computer whose primary purpose is to improve disk or array I/O performance.
Host cache may be associated with a file system or database, in which case, the data items stored in the cache are file or database entities. Alternatively, host cache may be associated with the device driver stack, in which case the cached data items are sequences of disk blocks. See cache, controller cache, disk cache.
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Storage System