Apparatus and system for object-based storage solid-state device

• US 10,025,705 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2016
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Digital Kiva Inc.
• Original Assignee: Digital Kiva Inc.
• Inventors: Duran, Paul A.
• Primary Examiner(s): BRADLEY, MATTHEW A
• Application Number:
  US15/199,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328151A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: 711103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0246 in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2212/7211 Wear leveling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0616 in relation to life time, e.g. increasing Mean Time Between Failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0634 by changing the state or mode of one or more devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0688 Non-volatile semiconductor memory arrays

Abstract

An object-based storage system comprising a host system capable of executing applications for and with an object-based storage device (OSD). Exemplary configurations include a call interface, a physical layer interface, an object-based storage solid-state device (OSD-SSD), and are further characterized by the presence of a storage processor capable of processing object-based storage device algorithms interleaved with processing of physical storage device management. Embodiments include a storage controller capable of executing recognition, classification and tagging of application files, especially including image, music, and other media. Also disclosed are methods for initializing and configuring an OSD-SSD device.

Claims

1. A system for processing, under direction by a host, object storage device (OSD) commands, over storage media that is stored on a storage device, the system comprising:

an input-output controller that interfaces between the storage device and the host;

at least one solid-state non-volatile memory device (SSD) to store at least one user object, wherein the user object comprises a logical construct being at least one of, a file or one or more database entries; and

a processor, configured to execute a set of wear-leveling algorithms interleaved with one or more object storage device algorithms, at least one of the one or more object storage device algorithms being identified by a code value that maps to an internet address location where the object storage device algorithm resides;

wherein the processor is further configured to;

translate at least one storage command from the host into one or more commands to execute on the at least one user object using the one or more object storage device algorithms;

retrieve, using the code value that maps to the internet address location, the one or more object storage device algorithms; and

to

execute the one or more object storage device algorithms to map the at least one logical construct of the user object to a physical aspect of the storage media.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a consumer device employing a non-volatile memory device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the consumer device is at least one of, a digital camera, or a smartphone, or a handheld game console, or a mobile handheld device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor or multiple processors comprises enabled encryption security.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the SSD comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory arrays.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the host is configured to execute code in at least one partition for executing code.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one partition for executing code is at least one of, a logical partition of an operating system, a user space partition, or a combination of at least one user space partition and at least one kernel space partition.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one solid-state non-volatile memory device comprises at least two solid-state non-volatile memory device arrays.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the non-volatile memory device serves as a primary storage or as backup storage to at least one of, a smartphone, a personal computer, a server, a handheld device, a mobile device, a game console, a DVR, an NVR, a PVR, a media server, or a notebook computer.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one solid-state non-volatile memory device includes a flash memory device.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the internet address location where the object storage device algorithm resides is an http address.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the internet address location where the object storage device algorithm resides maps to a specific implementation of the at least one of the one or more object storage device algorithms.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more object storage device algorithms serves to format tags.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one solid-state non-volatile memory device comprises a plurality of one or more shared memory devices, the shared memory devices configured to be usable by multiple users.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the storage command from the host comprises an asymmetric storage object access command.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the asymmetric storage object access command serves to accesses one or more files selected from at least one of, a video file, or one or more music files, or one or more database files, or one or more emails, or one of more form files, or any combination thereof.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more files is pre-processed to produce one or more tags.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more tags are formatted into an object further comprising data of the one or more files.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the asymmetric storage object access command is formulated into a query.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor implements one or more command handlers.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein at least one of the one or more command handlers serve to handle a READ command or a WRITE command.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the READ command performs at least one retrieval based at least in part on querying tags or metadata.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the object storage device algorithms operate on data to implement any one or more of, a mapping function, or a metadata definition, or an assignment function, or a user-specific function, or any combination thereof.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the object storage device algorithms implement a protocol for communicating any one or more of, a mapping function, or a metadata function, or an assignment function, or a user-specific function, or any combination thereof.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor further processes a user component to specify one or more attributes of the user object.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a consumer device employing multiple interfaces in the at least solid-state non-volatile memory device.

27. The system of claim 1, where the input-output controller comprises a configuration that is mapped one or more storage controller configurations.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the SSD is accessed by multiple users.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein at least one of the multiple users shares media that is stored on the SSD.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the media comprises one or more music files.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more object storage device algorithms operates a protocol.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more object storage device algorithms operate on data to implement one or more storage functions.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more object storage device algorithms operate on data to implement one or more user-specific functions.