Techniques for prolonging lifespan of storage drives

A system and method for prolonging lifespans of storage drives. The method includes determining an expected expiration time for each of a plurality of blocks, wherein each block includes data of a respective file, wherein the expected expiration of each block is determined based on a file type of th...

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Main Authors Turin, Alex, Zdornov, Vladimir, Vaknin, Yogev, Hallak, Renen, Levy, Asaf
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.07.2022
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A system and method for prolonging lifespans of storage drives. The method includes determining an expected expiration time for each of a plurality of blocks, wherein each block includes data of a respective file, wherein the expected expiration of each block is determined based on a file type of the respective file; and writing a portion of data to at least one block of the plurality of blocks based on the expected expiration time for each block.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017088204