Solid state drive bad block management
US9646721B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C29/765
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method of managing a solid state drive (SSD) in a data storage system, the system, computer program product, and computer-executable method including initializing the SSD to enable the SSD to request memory for bad block replacement, querying the SSD to determine a size of memory on the SSD reserved for dynamic over provisioning, and allocating a portion of the size of memory for bad block replacement.
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