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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Philip Derbeko, Modiin, IL;
Zvi Gabriel Benhanokh, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assaf Natanzon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Arieh Don, Newton, MA (US);
Anat Eyal, Tel Aviv, IL;
Alexandr Veprinsky, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/08 (2013.01); G06F 11/0706 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and a system for improving performance of flash cache memory, such as in a host of a storage environment, for example, by preventing a cache cell from reaching an operation limit. The method includes determining that a number of operations to a first cell of a flash memory has reached a threshold and managing the flash memory according to the determination to prevent a failure of a second cell of the flash memory.