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Abstract

A system for factory installation of software that configures the storage resources in one or more file servers as a 'cache.' The factory installation system includes at least one file server coupled to a storage management engine (SME) which is coupled to a library server. A target customer system being loaded with software is coupled to the file servers and library server. The library server will have sufficient storage capacity to maintain all of the software that may be requested by a target customer system. The storage management engine will determine which software programs included on the file server memory have been the least recently used and delete those files, thus causing the remaining files on the server memory to be the most recently used. When a target customer computer is being loaded, a request is first made to the file severs for the desired software. If the desired programs are located on the file servers, then a download to the customer computer is implemented. However, if the requested software is not present, the customer computer then sends a request to the library server for the desired software and a download from the library server to the customer computer occurs. When the target customer system requests the file from the library server, the request is logged in a directory in the library server. Periodically, the SME will read the logged requests and then update the file server memories with software which has been requested by the customer computers.

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