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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for electronic data storage, including a non-volatile memory, adapted to receive a succession of data blocks for storage at respective locations therein. The apparatus includes a controller which is configured to convey the succession of data blocks to the non-volatile memory, while writing to the non-volatile memory, together with at least some of the data blocks, a pointer value to the location of a subsequent data block in the succession. The apparatus preferably includes services that are usually performed by higher level file systems, such as allocation and deletion of blocks. Furthermore, the apparatus facilitates stable storage operations so that block contents are maintained intact in case of a write failure.