1. A method comprising: receiving, at a configuration manager, data from a memory manager associated with a memory comprising a portion of a cache, the configuration manager including a journal, the journal including data associated with the cache; determining whether the journal includes data associated with the memory; creating, in the journal, data associated with the memory if the journal does not include data associated with the memory; determining whether the memory is valid for use; communicating to the memory manager associated with the memory whether the memory is valid for use.