Binding shingled recording bands
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to;
perform a defect discovery scan on a data storage medium to determine defective sectors; and
define boundaries of a writable area of a band of the data storage medium based on defective sectors located in the band and a number of usable sectors of the band, the band including a plurality of shingled tracks of the data storage medium where one track partially overlaps an adjacent track, at least two of the plurality of shingled tracks having a different number of sectors per track.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for binding shingled recording bands in data storage devices, particularly devices employing shingled magnetic recording. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a controller configured to define boundaries of an area of a data storage medium based on a constraint and a list of defective sectors. In another embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a data storage device including a memory configured to store data in a shingled manner where one track partially overlaps an adjacent track, and a controller configured to define boundaries of a plurality of bands, each band including a plurality of tracks of the memory, based on the results of an error discovery scan for defective sectors of the memory.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to; perform a defect discovery scan on a data storage medium to determine defective sectors; and define boundaries of a writable area of a band of the data storage medium based on defective sectors located in the band and a number of usable sectors of the band, the band including a plurality of shingled tracks of the data storage medium where one track partially overlaps an adjacent track, at least two of the plurality of shingled tracks having a different number of sectors per track. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14)
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10. A method comprising:
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formatting a data storage medium; performing a defect discovery scan on the data storage medium to determine defective sectors; and defining boundaries of a writable area of a band of the data storage medium based on a storage capacity constraint and a number of individual defective sectors located in the band, the band including a plurality tracks and configured so that each track of the band except the last track is partially overlapped by an adjacent track. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a data storage device including; a memory configured to store data in a shingled manner where one track partially overlaps an adjacent track; a controller configured to; perform an error discovery scan to determine defective sectors of the memory; and define boundaries of writable areas of a plurality of bands, each band including a plurality of tracks of the memory, based on a number of individual defective sectors identified in the error discovery scan and at least one selected band constraint including a minimum number of usable data sectors. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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