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US 2010/0061207 A1Published application
Data storage device including self-test features
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorJon D. Trantham
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Abstract
In a particular embodiment, a data storage device includes a non-volatile storage media adapted to store data and a measurement circuit adapted to measure at least one performance parameter related to the storage device during operation. The data storage device further includes logic coupled to the measurement circuit and adapted to predict a failure associated with at least a portion of the non-volatile storage media when the measured performance parameter exceeds a threshold value and to optionally perform corrective action.
Claims25
A data storage device comprising:
- a non-volatile storage media adapted to store data;
- a measurement circuit adapted to measure at least one performance parameter related to the storage device during operation;
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- logic coupled to the measurement circuit and adapted to predict a failure associated with at least a portion of the non-volatile storage media when the measured performance parameter exceeds a threshold value.
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A storage device comprising:
- one or more storage media to store data;
- a measurement circuit adapted to measure at least one performance parameter associated with at least one of the one or more storage media;
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- a control circuit coupled to the measurement circuit and to the one or more storage media, the control circuit adapted to control read, write, and erase access to the one or more storage media, the control circuit to detect a failure associated with at least one of the one or more storage media when the at least one performance parameter exceeds a threshold, the control circuit to initiate a corrective action in response to the detected failure.
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A method comprising:
- measuring a performance parameter associated with at least one storage media of a storage device via a measurement circuit within the storage device when the at least one storage media is accessed;
- predicting a failure when the performance parameter exceeds a threshold;
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- preventing data loss by taking a corrective action in response to the predicted failure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.