As part of some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method, a circuit and a system for managing data in a cache memory of a mass data storage device and/or system. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a data portion's priority in the cache may be altered. The priority of the data portion may be altered as a function of an access parameter associated with the data portion and a fetch parameter associated with the data portion.

 
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