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Identification of hot regions to enhance performance and endurance of a non-volatile storage device

US10114557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 3, 2014
Grant dateOct 30, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/7208
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods and/or devices are used to enable identification of hot regions to enhance performance and endurance of a non-volatile storage device. In one aspect, the method includes (1) receiving a plurality of input/output (I/O) requests to be performed in a plurality of regions in a logical address space of a host, and (2) performing one or more operations for each region of the plurality of regions in the logical address space of the host, including (a) determining whether the region is accessed by the plurality of I/O requests more than a predetermined threshold number of times during a predetermined time period, (b) if so, marking the region with a hot region indicator, and (c) while the region is marked with the hot region indicator, identifying open blocks associated with the region, and marking each of the identified open blocks with a hot block indicator.

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