REDUCING A DATA STORAGE DEVICE READYING TIME
    311.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200004431A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16025598

    申请日:2018-07-02

    Abstract: A data storage device includes a first memory section with a reserved area having stored therein an event trigger log that includes a history of past logged events. The data storage device also includes a second memory section separate from the first memory section. The data storage further includes a controller that, upon power up of the data storage device and before the data storage device is ready to receive host commands, allocates a buffer in the second memory section for capturing new events. The controller postpones linking of any captured new events with the past logged events until at least after the data storage device is ready to receive the host commands.

    I/O device and computing host interoperation

    公开(公告)号:US10514864B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US15661079

    申请日:2017-07-27

    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-readable storage media for receiving, via an external interface of a storage device, a command from a computing host, the command including at least one non-standard command modifier, executing the command according to a particular non-standard command modifier, storing an indication of the particular non-standard command modifier in an entry of a map associated with a logical block address of the command, and storing a shadow copy of the map in a memory of the computing host.

    SERVO ZONE TRANSITION OPTIMIZATION
    314.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190385640A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16556501

    申请日:2019-08-30

    Abstract: Systems and methods for servo zone transition optimization are described. In one embodiment, the storage system device includes a disk drive and a controller. In some embodiments, the controller may be configured to assess at least one operation of a read/write head of the disk drive; and format, based at least in part on the assessing of the read/write head, a disk surface of the disk drive with a first servo zone, a second servo zone, and an overlap region extending between a start point of the second servo zone and an end point of the first servo zone. In some cases, the overlap region starts towards a disk inner diameter (ID) and ends towards a disk outer diameter (OD).

    Loop consistency using multiple channel estimates

    公开(公告)号:US10483999B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15997571

    申请日:2018-06-04

    Abstract: An apparatus may include a circuit configured to generate, by an analog to digital converter (ADC), one or more ADC samples based on an input signal. The circuit may be further configured to generate a first estimated signal using a first channel pulse response estimation with a gain constraint based on the one or more ADC samples and generate a second estimated signal using a second channel pulse response estimation with a phase constraint based on the one or more ADC samples.

    Consolidating non-volatile memory across multiple storage devices for front end processing

    公开(公告)号:US10474361B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15969332

    申请日:2018-05-02

    Abstract: Apparatus and method for managing data. A host device is coupled to multiple hybrid data storage devices each having a primary non-volatile memory (NVM), a secondary NVM, a top level controller and a secondary controller. During a normal I/O processing mode, host access commands are serviced by the top level controllers to direct transfers with the respective primary and secondary NVMs. During a front end I/O processing mode, the host device forms a consolidated, distributed memory space in which data are separately stored to the secondary NVMs by the host device. The primary NVM may be rotatable recording media and the secondary NVM may be flash memory. The secondary NVM may be in the form of removable SSD cards that plug into the storage devices to support replacement and performance upgrades, as well as allowing transitions between cold and hot data storage modes in a single system.

    STORAGE AREA RETIREMENT IN A STORAGE DEVICE
    320.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190333599A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US15964691

    申请日:2018-04-27

    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for testing degradation in a storage device. In one embodiment, a storage controller is operable to test individual portions of a first of the plurality of storage areas of the storage device by: analyzing individual portions of the first storage area; determining that one or more of the individual portions of the first storage area have failed; and retire the failed one or more portions of the first storage area. The storage controller is further operable to write to the first storage area using an error correction code (ECC), and to test the remaining portions of the first storage area to determine whether the first storage area should be retired in response to writing to the first storage area.

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