Performance throttling based on power-off time

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processing device, a request to perform a write operation on a memory unit of a memory device;
• determining whether the memory unit has previously been written to at least once since power on of the memory device;
• responsive to determining that the memory unit has not previously been written to at least once since power on of the memory device:
• determining an elapsed power-off time of the memory device based on a time difference between the power on of the memory device and a power off of the memory device that preceded the power on;
• identifying one or more performance parameter values that correspond to the elapsed power-off time;
• setting one or more performance parameters associated with the memory unit of the memory device to the respective identified performance parameter values;
• and
• performing the write operation on the memory unit of the memory device in accordance with the identified performance parameter values.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request to perform a write operation on a memory unit of a memory device;
• determining whether the memory unit has previously been written to at least once since power on of the memory device;
• responsive to determining that the memory unit has not previously been written to at least once since power on of the memory device;
• determining an elapsed power-off time based on a difference between a time at which a power-on occurred and a time at which a previous power-off of the memory device occurred;
• determining whether the elapsed power-off time satisfies an elapsed time threshold criterion;
• responsive to determining that the elapsed power-off time satisfies the elapsed time threshold criterion:
• changing a performance parameter associated with the memory unit of the memory device to a first parameter value that corresponds to a reduced performance level;
• and
• performing the write operation on the memory unit of the memory device in accordance with the first parameter value that corresponds to the reduced performance level.