Efficient garbage collection in a data storage device
A method includes determining which of a plurality of blocks of data in a data storage device having a plurality of memory devices to copy during garbage collection using a cost function based on a number of free pages and a number of replicated pages in each of the blocks, where the replicated page...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A method includes determining which of a plurality of blocks of data in a data storage device having a plurality of memory devices to copy during garbage collection using a cost function based on a number of free pages and a number of replicated pages in each of the blocks, where the replicated pages include replicated data that is a copy of data stored in another storage device and determining not to copy one or more of the blocks of data during garbage collection based on the cost function. |
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