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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, CO (US);
Brett Alan Cook, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, CO (US);
Brett Alan Cook, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0893 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure is related to distributed media cache for data storage systems, such as disc drives, flash devices, or hybrid devices. In one example, a data storage device comprises a data storage medium and a controller adapted to selectively divide a media cache into a plurality of physically separate media cache portions on the data storage medium based on a physical attribute of the data storage medium and to store data received from a host system into the media cache portions.