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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 31, 2010
William Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Sprouse, San Jose, CA (US);
Sergei Anatolievich Gorobets, Edinburgh, GB;
Alan Bennett, Edinburgh, GB;
Ameen Aslam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven Sprouse, San Jose, CA (US);
Sergei Anatolievich Gorobets, Edinburgh, GB;
Alan Bennett, Edinburgh, GB;
Ameen Aslam, Santa Clara, CA (US);
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method for clearing data from a cache in a storage device is disclosed. The method may include analyzing the cache for the least recently fragmented logical group, and evicting the entries from the least recently fragmented logical group. Or, the method may also include analyzing compaction history and selecting entries for eviction based on the analysis of the compaction history. The method may also include scheduling of different eviction mechanisms during various operations of the storage device. The system may include a cache storage, a main storage and a controller configured to evict entries associated with a least recently fragmented logical group, configured to evict entries based on analysis of compaction history, or configured to schedule different eviction mechanisms during various operations of the storage device.