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System and method of managing data in a non-volatile memory having a staging sub-drive

  • US 10,032,488 B1
  • Filed: 12/29/2016
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing data in a memory system having a controller in communication with a plurality of non-volatile memory sub-drives, the method comprising the controller:

  • receiving host data writes at the memory system;

    storing all data associated with the received host data writes only at a staging sub-drive of the plurality of sub-drives;

    only moving data from the staging sub-drive to another sub-drive as part of a garbage collection operation to free additional space in the staging sub-drive.

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