System and Methods for Performing Embedded Full-Stripe Write Operations to a Data Volume With Data Elements Distributed Across Multiple Modules

A method for processing data between a host and a data volume implemented by a controller, the method comprising:

• defining a layout across a set of N solid state modules;
• buffering, in a controller, data received from a host that is to be stored in a data volume supported by the set of N solid state modules;
• determining, with the controller, when an amount of the data to be stored in the data volume is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of a set of arranged stripes defined in the layout;
• and
• when the amount of data to be stored in the data volume is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of the set of arranged stripes, transferring the data to be stored from the controller to the N solid state modules in a single write operation.

A set of instructions stored on a non-transitory storage medium, said set of instructions adapted to be executed by a storage controller to enable a method for performing embedded full-stripe write operations to a data volume distributed across multiple solid-state storage modules, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a storage controller, a set of parameters that define a layout for distributing data across a set of N modules, the layout defining a block and a chunk both the block and the chunk having storage capacities selected as a function of a bandwidth of an I/O circuit pipeline that communicates digital data to and from circuit elements that store the data in solid state memory units in the N modules;
• buffering, in a cache coupled to the storage controller, data received from a host that is to be stored in a data volume supported by the set of N solid state modules;
• determining when an amount of the data to be stored in the data volume is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of a set of arranged stripes defined by the layout;
• and
• in response to the determining, transferring the data to be stored from the controller to the N solid state modules in a single write operation.