Dynamic fail-safe redundancy in aggregated and virtualized solid state drives

A method, comprising:

• receiving, in a drive aggregator having a plurality of host interfaces, a first command in a first host interface of the plurality of host interfaces;
• receiving, the drive aggregator having the plurality of host interfaces, a second command in a second host interface of the plurality of host interfaces;
• determining, by utilizing the drive aggregator, whether the first and second commands are to be executed in a same solid state drive among a plurality of solid state drives in communication with the drive aggregator;
• and
• scheduling, if the first and second commands are to be executed in the same solid state drive among the plurality of solid state drives, the first and second commands for sequential transmission to the same solid state drive to perform operations of the first and second commands.

A drive aggregator, comprising:

• at least one host interface configured to receive commands from at least one host system;
• a plurality of drive interfaces configured to be connected to a plurality of component solid state drives, including a first component solid state drive and a second component solid state drive;
• and
• a logic circuit configured to:
• determine whether a first command and a second command received in the at least one host interface are to be executed in a same solid state drive connected to a respective drive interface among the plurality of drive interfaces;
• and
• schedule the first and second commands for sequential transmission to respective drive interface.