Handling commands within a write-once read-many storage device configuration

A method of handling commands in a storage device operatively coupled to a host device, comprising:

• in a storage device having a memory, a controller, and a host interface, the storage device having a write-once read-many device configuration and the memory containing a database having entries, each entry for a logical memory address and containing information for converting that logical memory address to a redirected logical memory address that represents a physical address of a memory location where data associated with that logical memory address actually resides, performing by the controller when the host interface is operatively coupled to a host device:
• receiving a command via the host interface, the command specifying a logical memory address;
• interpreting the command based on information extracted from an entry in the database that corresponds to the specified logical memory address, the information including a redirected logical memory address corresponding to the specified logical memory address;
• and
• executing the command according to the information, transparently to the host device.