Storage apparatus and method for using a non-volatile cache memory organized into stationary and non-stationary circular regions
US7716422B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7211
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided are a storage apparatus using a non-volatile memory as a cache and a method of operating the same, in which the non-volatile memory is used as the cache so as to preserve data even when electricity is interrupted. The storage apparatus using a non-volatile memory as a cache includes a main storage medium, the non-volatile memory being used as the cache of the main storage medium and having a stationary region and a non-stationary region divided according to whether data are fixed, and a block management unit managing blocks allocated in the non-volatile memory.
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