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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2019
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Jiancen Hou, Chengdu, CN;
Kun Tang, Chengdu, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method for managing a storage medium in a storage device is provided. The method includes detecting whether there is a problematic storage block in a data storage area of the storage medium, wherein the problematic storage block is a storage block whose health degree is less than a preset value, wherein the health degree is used to measure performance of a storage block in the storage medium and is in direct proportion to the performance of the storage block; and replacing the problematic storage block with a replacement storage block in a replacement area of the storage medium when the problematic storage block is detected, wherein a health degree of a storage block in the data storage area is greater than a health degree of a storage block in the replacement area.