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US 2014/0372683 A1Published application
Fast block device and methodology
OwnerDouglas Dumitru, Samuel J. Andersoninventors
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Abstract
A method, device and system directed to fast data storage on a block storage device. New data is written to an empty write block. A location of the new data is tracked. Meta data associated with the new data is written. A lookup table may be updated based in part on the meta data. The new data may be read based the lookup table configured to map a logical address to a physical address.
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A method of storing data on a device, the method comprising:
- linearly writing a plurality of data to an empty write block, said data being written to a data field within a write segment within said write block;
- tracking the respective locations of said plurality of data within said data field;
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- writing metadata associated with the respective plurality of data within a control field within said write segment and at the start thereof, said linearly-written plurality of data continuing therefrom in said data field within said write segment.
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