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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2007
Donald Joseph Molaro, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jorge Campello DE Souza, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard M. H. New, San Jose, CA (US);
Damien C. D. Le Moal, Sagamihara, JP;
Donald Joseph Molaro, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jorge Campello de Souza, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard M. H. New, San Jose, CA (US);
Damien C. D. Le Moal, Sagamihara, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Techniques for optimizing hard disk drive performance. According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a storage unit that stores data and a controller. The controller receives an idle mode indication and performs at least one operation based on the idle mode indication. According to another embodiment, a host system includes a processor and a scheduler that is operative to issues commands. The processor computes the idle mode indication, and the processor sends the idle mode indication to the storage system.