Defining and changing spare space and user space in a storage apparatus
US8412909B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7206
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage apparatus includes a memory unit and a controller to set up a memory space of the memory unit as a user data space and a spare space according to a signal representing at least one of the user data space and spare space. An electronic apparatus controls the storage apparatus, and a method controls at least one of the storage apparatus and the electronic apparatus to control a memory space of the storage apparatus.
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