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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Western Digital Technologies Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Ariel Navon, Revava, IL;
Micha Yonin, Nes Tziona, IL;
Alexander Bazarsky, Holon, IL;
Judah Gamliel Hahn, Ofra, IL;
David Gur, Ofra, IL;
Omer Fainzilber, Even Yehuda, IL;
Abstract
A storage system and method for predictive block allocation for efficient garbage collection are provided. One method involves determining whether a memory in a storage system is being used in a first usage scenario or a second usage scenario; in response to determining that the memory is being used in the first usage scenario, using a first block allocation method; and in response to determining that the memory is being used in the second usage scenario, using a second block allocation method, wherein the first block allocation method allocates blocks that are closer to needing garbage collection than the second block allocation method.