A method for caching information objects is provided. Information objects are stored in portions of a non-volatile storage device called arenas, which are contiguous regions from which space is allocated in parallel. Objects are contiguously allocated within an arena and are mapped to directory tables...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6292880?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6292880 - Alias-free content-indexed object cache
