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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stacey Secatch, Niwot, CO (US);

Stephen H. Perlmutter, Louisville, CO (US);

Matthew Stoering, Shakopee, MN (US);

Jonathan Henze, Savage, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1004 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and method for a die kill and recovery sequence for a non-volatile memory (NVM). Data are stored in the NVM as data sets in garbage collection units (GCUs) that span multiple semiconductor dies. A die failure management circuit is configured to detect a die failure event associated with a selected die, and to generate a recovery strategy to accommodate the detected die failure event by selecting recovery actions to be taken in a selected sequence to maintain a current level of data transfer performance with a client device. The selected recovery actions are carried out in the selected sequence to transfer at least a portion of the user data stored in the selected die to a new replacement die, after which the selected die is decommissioned from further use. The NVM may be a flash memory of a solid-state drive (SSD).


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