1. A method for a storage area network including a plurality of virtual servers, the method comprising: sending a storage area network message to a second virtual server to prepare to perform one or more functions associated with the storage area network; copying a first cache table associated with a first cache memory and a first virtual server to a second cache table associated with a second cache memory and the second virtual server; and executing one or more storage requests with a processor in the second virtual server by accessing the second cache table and using the first cache memory to support the performance of the one or more functions by the second virtual server without completely filling cache data into the second cache memory.