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Storage System Comprising Flash Memory Modules Subject to Two Wear - Leveling Process

  • US 20110231600A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2011
  • Published: 09/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A storage system comprising:

  • a plurality of flash memory modules, each flash memory module comprises at least one flash memory chip divided into a plurality of physical blocks and a memory controller controlling a first wear-leveling process of physical blocks, which levels average erase counts between the plurality of physical blocks of at least one flash memory chip; and

    a controller coupled to the plurality of flash memory modules, controlling read/write requests from a host computer to at least one of the plurality of flash memory modules;

    wherein the controller configures a first group by the plurality of flash memory modules, and executes a second wear-leveling process in the first group, which levels average erase counts between the plurality of flash memory modules belonging to the first group,wherein the controller selects two flash memory modules from the plurality of flash memory modules as a migration source module and a migration target module, based on total write size to the physical blocks in the flash memory module, during the second wear-leveling process.

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