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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Inventor:

Richard H. Van Gaasbeck, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract

In general, embodiments of the technology relate to a method for storing data. The method includes receiving a request to write data. In response to the request, the method further includes, selecting a first physical address in a first region in a first storage module, selecting a second physical address in a second region in a second storage module, where an amount of wear associated with the first physical address is different than an amount of wear associated with the second physical address, writing a first copy of the data to the first physical address, and writing a second copy of the data to the second physical address.


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