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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zhengang Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
David Patmore, San Jose, CA (US);
Yingji Ju, Shanghai, CN;
Erich F. Haratsch, San Jose, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to process a plurality of read/write operations. The memory comprises a plurality of memory modules each having a size less than a total size of the memory. The controller is configured to process a plurality of I/O requests to blocks of the memory that are not marked as bad on a block list. The controller is configured to track a plurality of bad blocks of the memory. The controller is configured to perform a plurality of scans on the memory. The scans are configured to (a) identify the bad blocks, and (b) mark the bad blocks as bad on the block list.