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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
William Calvert, Ewhurst, GB;
Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
William Calvert, Ewhurst, GB;
HGST TECHNOLOGIES SANTA ANA, INC., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage method, comprising, receiving host data to be written to a plurality of flash storage devices, allocating the host data to one or more data units of a plurality of data units, allocating pad data to one or more data units of the plurality of data units that have not been filled with host data and generating redundant data in a redundant data unit based on the plurality of data units. The method further comprises steps for writing the plurality of data units and the redundant data unit to a stripe across the plurality of flash storage devices, wherein each of the plurality of data units and the redundant data unit is written in the respective flash storage devices at a common physical address.