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.