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Storage device with fault resilient read-only mode

US12026055B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 2020
Grant dateJul 2, 2024
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/262
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage device, and a method for operating a storage device. In some embodiments, the storage device includes storage media, and the method includes: determining, by the storage device, that the storage device is in a fault state from which partial recovery is possible by operating the storage device in a first read-only mode; and operating the storage device in the first read-only mode, the operating in the first read-only mode including: determining that the age of a first data item stored in a page of the storage device has exceeded a threshold age, and copying the first data item into a rescue space in the storage device.

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