Automated fast path processing

Abstract

Processing commands received from a host computing device by a storage device can require a large amount of processing overhead. This demand for ever greater processing power increases as the size of storage devices increase. Traditional methods have added an increasing number of processors or CPUs to handle these requirements. However, by utilizing a fast path accelerated processing pipeline, additional processors may not be necessary. An accelerated processing pipeline can be configured to bypass one or more steps that are required by non-priority processing pipelines. Each received command can be parsed to determine if it is suitable for accelerated processing. The command can be required to access data in a limited region of the memory device, or to have any data necessary to process the command already in a cache memory. Upon completion of verifications, commands can be placed in a priority queue that is processed before a non-priority queue.