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18513507. HOST-DEVICE GARBAGE COLLECTION COORDINATION FOR STORAGE DEVICES (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)

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HOST-DEVICE GARBAGE COLLECTION COORDINATION FOR STORAGE DEVICES

Organization Name

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor(s)

Javier Gonzalez of Solrød Strand (DK)

Arun George of Bengaluru (IN)

Michael Scott Allison of Longmont CO (US)

Daniel Lee Helmick of Thornton CO (US)

HOST-DEVICE GARBAGE COLLECTION COORDINATION FOR STORAGE DEVICES

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18513507 titled 'HOST-DEVICE GARBAGE COLLECTION COORDINATION FOR STORAGE DEVICES

Original Abstract Submitted

A system is disclosed. The system may include a storage device and a processor. The processor may send a write request to the storage device. The write request may include a data to be written and a reclaim unit identifier identifying how the data is to be organized on the storage device. The processor may also send a message to the storage device regarding management of garbage collection of a reclaim unit identified by the reclaim unit identifier.