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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Vast Data Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Renen Hallak, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Vladimir Zdornov, Kfar Saba, IL;
Yogev Vaknin, Karkur, IL;
Asaf Levy, Tel Aviv, IL;
Alex Turin, Kiryat Ono, IL;
Assignee:
VAST DATA LTD., Tel Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for prolonging lifespans of storage drives. The method includes writing at least a first portion of data to at least one high endurance drive; and writing at least a second portion of data to at least one low endurance drive, wherein a storage system includes a plurality of drives, wherein the plurality of drives includes the at least one high endurance drive and the at least one low endurance drive, wherein each high endurance drive has a longer total lifespan than each low endurance drive.