Block-Granularity-Aware Caching

ABSTRACTA common feature of computer systems is that block granularity changes at different levels of the storage hierarchy. This paper presents the first study of how granularity change affects caching. We define the Block-Granularity-Aware (BGA) Caching Model, prove new adversarial competitive bounds for the problem, and develop an online BGA caching policy with a better competitive ratio than traditional cache policies in this setting.