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Lifetime management device and lifetime management method

  • US 10,222,982 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2017
  • Issued: 03/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lifetime management device configured to predict an end-of-life date and time of a first storage device connected to an equipment, the lifetime management device comprising:

  • a memory and a processor, the memory containing computer readable code that, when executed by the processor, configures the processor to,calculate, each time data is written to the first storage device, a cumulative written amount, the cumulative written amount being a sum of amounts of data written to the first storage device,detect identification information and usage-start date and time, the identification information identifying the first storage device and the usage-start date and time being detected based on a time the first storage device was connected to the equipment,associate the cumulative written amount with the identification information of the first storage device and the usage-start date and time of the first storage device into a first associated set,record the first associated set in a second storage device, andpredict the end-of-life date and time of the first storage device based on the cumulative written amount and the usage-start date and time recorded in the second storage device.

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