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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Applicants:
John A. Strange, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Morrison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
John A. Strange, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John A. Morrison, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A solid-state storage system is described with a method for adjusting the frequency of data retention operations. The data retention operation frequency can be increased or decreased according to a variety of environmental factors such as error code frequency, system temperature, altitude, and other operating conditions. These factors can indicate an increased or decreased risk of failure and accordingly provide increased or decreased rates of data retention operations.