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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Hsing-Yi Chiang, Taipei, TW;

Xinhai Kang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Qun Zhao, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/068 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 12/109 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and techniques relating to storage technologies include, according to an aspect, a data processing apparatus including: a processor; a controller coupled with the processor; a solid state drive coupled with the controller; and a mass storage drive coupled with the controller; wherein at least a portion of the solid state drive and the mass storage drive are virtualized as a single physical storage drive; wherein multiple applications stored in the virtualized single physical storage drive are configured to run on the processor; wherein one or more applications in a hot application group are stored in the solid state drive, and one or more applications in a cold application group are stored in the mass storage drive; and wherein each of the multiple applications is actively monitored and placed in either the hot application group or the cold application group.


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