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METHOD FOR ACCESSING STORAGE APPARATUS AND RELATED CONTROL CIRCUIT

  • US 20100262764A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2009
  • Published: 10/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for accessing a storage apparatus, the storage apparatus having a plurality of storage units respectively corresponding to a plurality of access channels, each storage unit respectively having a plurality of blocks, the plurality of access channels operating simultaneously in a data access operation, the plurality of storage units including a first storage unit and at least one second storage unit, the method comprising:

  • generating a plurality of bad block lists respectively corresponding to the plurality of storage units according to bad blocks that cannot operate normally in the plurality of storage units;

    according to at least one bad block indicated by a bad block list of the first storage unit, configuring a good block that corresponds to the bad block and can operate normally in each second storage unit as a replacement block;

    generating a corresponding mapping result according to a bad block list and each replacement block of each second storage unit; and

    accessing the storage apparatus according to the bad block list of the first storage unit and the mapping result of each second storage unit.

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