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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for selecting power states in storage devices for computers including providing monitoring storage device parameters and comparing those parameters to endurance thresholds to increase reliability of the storage device.