Improved Hybrid Drive

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100088459A1
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12246327

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A non-volatile storage system comprises a hard disk drive (HDD) having a first capacity for storing information therein in a plurality of blocks. The storage system also comprises a non-volatile solid state memory (SSD) having a second capacity, less than the first capacity, for storing information therein. Finally, the storage system comprises a controller having a volatile memory and for controlling the read operation of the HDD and the read/write operation of the SSD. The controller stores in the volatile memory the address of read blocks from the HDD in a first period of time and determines a plurality of the most frequently read blocks in the first period of time, The controller then causes the SSD to store information from the most frequently read blocks from the HDD, and thereafter causes information to be read from the SSD when the storage system is requested to access information from the most frequently read blocks. The controller resets the identity of the most frequently read blocks in the volatile memory after a second period of time, where the second period of time is longer than said first period of time.

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GREENLIANT LLC3970 FREEDOM CIRCLE SUITE 100 SANTA CLARA CA 95054

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Arya, Siamak Cupertino, US 24 524
Lin, Fong-Long Fremont, US 22 303

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