Hybrid log-structured array and allocated storage device
US10747452B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 2019 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0674
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of storing data on a storage device can receive an I/O request to read data from or write data to a data storage device. The data can be stored in special sectors as allocated sectors and regular sectors as a log-structured array (LSA). If the I/O request is to read data from the storage device, a determination can be made as to whether the data to be read is stored as a special sector, which can be read from the LSA, or as a regular sector, which can be can be read from the allocated sectors. If the I/O request is to write data to the storage device, a determination can be made as to whether the data to be written is stored as a special sector, to the LSA or as a regular sector, to the allocated sectors.
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