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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc., Redmond, WA (US);
Robin Alexander, Woodinville, WA (US);
Lee Edward Prewitt, Mercer Island, WA (US);
William R. Tipton, Seattle, WA (US);
Laura Marie Caulfield, Woodinville, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An improved interface for managing disparate read, write, and erase sizes and operations in data storage devices is provided. By improving an interface between a storage system driver layer and associated storage devices, performance of data storage is improved, including improving data storage speed and storage media endurance. Storage media management operations are made more efficient and consistent by providing improved types and sequences of commands sent from the driver layer to the device control layer such that data write operations are performed in a sequential manner as write commands are directed to portions of data as opposed to buffering individual portions of data followed by a large wholescale write/erase process for the buffered data.