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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Erozan Kurtas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mehmet Erden, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xueshi Yang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Erozan Kurtas, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mehmet Erden, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xueshi Yang, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage device has a storage medium, a plurality of read-write mechanisms, a quality monitoring and book-keeping unit and a scheduling unit. The plurality of read-write mechanisms is coupled to the storage medium. The quality monitoring and book-keeping unit is coupled to the plurality of read-write mechanisms and is adapted to monitor at least one performance parameter associated with each read-write mechanism during operation. The scheduling unit is coupled to the quality monitoring and book-keeping unit. The scheduling unit is adapted to rank each of the plurality of read-write mechanisms according to the at least one performance parameter and to responsively schedule use of a read-write mechanism according to its rank.
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