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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2015
Hgst Netherlands B.v., Amsterdam, NL;
Adam Michael Espeseth, Rochester, MN (US);
Colin Christopher McCambridge, Rochester, MN (US);
David George Dreyer, Rochester, MN (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for implementing an enhanced-write-bandwidth caching stream includes a memory that stores machine instructions and a processor that executes the machine instructions. The apparatus receives a first host write stream and a second host write stream that comprises latency-sensitive host write requests. The apparatus also subjects the first host write stream to host-write throttling, and exempts the second host write stream from host-write throttling. The apparatus further requires that the second host write stream invalidate logical blocks in an order corresponding to a previous order in which the respective logical blocks were previously programmed.