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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Joseph R. Meza, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Judah Gamliel Hahn, Ofra, IL;
Henry Hutton, Tracy, CA (US);
Leah Sherry, Milpitas, CA (US);
Joseph R. Meza, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Judah Gamliel Hahn, Ofra, IL;
Henry Hutton, Tracy, CA (US);
Leah Sherry, Milpitas, CA (US);
SanDisk IL Ltd., Kfar Saba, IL;
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing a storage device are disclosed. Generally, in a host to which a storage device is operatively coupled, wherein the storage device includes a cache for storing one or more discardable files, a file is identified to be uploaded to an external location. A determination is made whether sufficient free space exists in the cache to pre-stage the file for upload to the external location and the file is stored in the cache upon determining that sufficient free space exists in the cache to pre-stage the file for upload to the external location, wherein pre-stating prepares a file for opportunistically uploading such file in accordance with an uploading policy.