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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Hee Seok Eun, Suwon-si, KR;
Soo-Young Ji, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of namespaces including a plurality of logical blocks; and a storage controller configured to, for each of the plurality of namespaces, check a capacity that is a number of allocable logical blocks, among the plurality of logical blocks, and a size that is a sum of a number of currently allocated logical blocks, among the plurality of logical blocks, and the number of allocable logical blocks, detect a first namespace, among the plurality of namespaces, by using the capacity and the size, and provide at least a portion of the allocable logical blocks of a second namespace, among the plurality of namespaces, to the first namespace.