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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott Burton, Westminster, CO (US);
Asif F. Gosla, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 15/18 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01); G11B 5/09 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/1889 (2013.01); G11B 5/09 (2013.01); G11B 20/1217 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1232 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing operational latency of data storage systems are disclosed. More particularly, a data storage device can perform conditioning operations on inactive zones while the data storage device is idle. When an active zone is the target of a write command, the data storage device can exchange a conditioned inactive zone for the unconditioned target zone. The write operation can be performed immediately on the previously-inactive already-conditioned zone. At a later time, the target zone can be conditioned.