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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Alon Marcu, Tel Mond, IL;
Amir Shaharabany, Kochav Yair, IL;
Hadas Oshinsky, Kfar Saba, IL;
Adir Moshen Hacohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Einav Pnina Zilberstein, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Alon Marcu, Tel Mond, IL;
Amir Shaharabany, Kochav Yair, IL;
Hadas Oshinsky, Kfar Saba, IL;
Adir Moshen HaCohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Einav Pnina Zilberstein, Hod Hasharon, IL;
SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A storage module and method for regulating garbage collection operations based on write activity of a host are disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage module determines whether the host is operating in a burst mode by determining whether write activity of the host over a time period exceeds a threshold. The write activity can comprise one or both of (i) an amount of data received from the host to be written in the storage module and (ii) a number of write commands received from the host. If the host is operating in the burst mode, the storage module limits an amount of garbage collection operations during the burst mode. When the host is no longer operating in the burst mode, the storage module increases an amount of garbage collection operations.