Management of and region selection for writes to non-volatile memory

A system comprising:

• means for analyzing a write received from a host to determine a characteristic of the write;
• means for selecting one of a plurality of bands of a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) based at least in part on the characteristic;
• means for writing data of the write to the selected band;
• and
• wherein each of the bands is a managed portion of the NVM.

A tangible non-transitory computer readable medium having a set of instructions stored therein that when executed by a processing element cause the processing element to perform and/or control operations comprising:

• analyzing a write received from a host to determine a characteristic of the write;
• selecting one of a plurality of bands of a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) based at least in part on the characteristic;
• writing data of the write to the selected band;
• and
• wherein each of the bands is a managed portion of the NVM.

An apparatus comprising:

• write analysis hardware logic circuitry enabled to analyze a write received from a host to determine a characteristic of the write;
• band selection hardware logic circuitry enabled to select one of a plurality of bands of a Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) based at least in part on the characteristic;
• memory write hardware logic circuitry enabled to write data of the write to the selected band;
• and
• wherein each of the bands is a managed portion of the NVM.