In one embodiment of the invention, during a single I/O operation, data is destaged from a cache to at least two non-contiguous storage locations of a data storage device without overwriting at least one storage location disposed between the at least two non-contiguous storage locations. In another embodiment,...http://www.google.com/patents/US6484234?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6484234 - Method and apparatus for efficiently destaging data from a cache to two or more non-contiguous storage locations
