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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Sandisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0685 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/0871 (2013.01); G06F 12/0873 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1021 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1041 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/221 (2013.01); G06F 2212/283 (2013.01); G06F 2212/311 (2013.01); G06F 2212/313 (2013.01); G06F 2212/466 (2013.01); G06F 2212/601 (2013.01); G06F 2212/608 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a flexible host memory buffer are disclosed. One method includes allocating an amount of host memory as a host memory buffer accessible by a solid state drive (SSD) as a cache for SSD data. The method further includes caching data from the solid state drive in the host memory buffer. The method further includes monitoring utilization of the host memory buffer. The method further includes dynamically increasing or decreasing the amount of host memory allocated for the host memory buffer based on the utilization.