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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
David L. Dreifus, Clinton, NJ (US);
Robert W. Warren, Loveland, CO (US);
Brian Mckean, Longmont, CO (US);
David L. Dreifus, Clinton, NJ (US);
Robert W. Warren, Loveland, CO (US);
Brian McKean, Longmont, CO (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for managing solid state drives. As an example, a storage system is described that include at least a first flash memory block and a second flash memory block, and a control circuit. The first flash memory block and the second flash memory block are addressable in the storage system. The control circuit is operable to identify the first flash memory block as partially failed, receive a write request directed to the first flash memory block; and direct the write request to the second flash memory block.