Apparatus, system, and method for persistent data management on a non-volatile storage media

A method for managing data stored on non-volatile storage media, wherein data is stored on the non-volatile storage media in a sequential, log-based format comprising an ordered sequence of storage operations performed on the non-volatile storage media, and wherein data is appended to a storage division exclusively at a head of the ordered sequence, the method comprising:

• receiving a TRIM message from a storage client, the storage client configured to send the TRIM message in response to determining that a logical identifier no longer needs to reference data stored on a non-volatile storage media;
• storing a persistent note on the non-volatile storage media to indicate that data of the logical identifier does not need to be preserved on the non-volatile storage media;
• and
• in response to recovering a storage division comprising the persistent note,
• appending the persistent note to a head of the ordered sequence of storage operations with an indication of an original position of the persistent note in the ordered sequence of storage operations in response to the original position having a position later than a tail of the ordered sequence of storage operations, and
• removing the persistent note from the non-volatile storage media in response to the original position having a position in the ordered sequence earlier than the tail of the ordered sequence of storage operations.