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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2008
Applicants:
Stefanus Stefanus, Singapore, SG;
Feng Shen, Singapore, SG;
Wei Loon NG, Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1028 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, a controller is adapted to perform a garbage collection operation to remove redundant data, to predict a performance parameter associated with performance of the garbage collection operation, and to abort the garbage collection operation when the predicted performance parameter exceeds a threshold.