System, Method and Apparatus for Preventing Data Loss Due to Memory Defects Using Latches

A data storage system comprising:

• a plurality of computer systems coupled by a data network, each one of the plurality of computer systems including:
• a memory system coupled to a processor by a data bus;
• and
• a memory operating system logic including:
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for receiving a first quantity of user data to be stored in the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data to a first location of the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data from the first location to a first selected memory location within the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data from the first location into a second location of the memory system when the first quantity of user data was successfully written to the first selected memory location;
• and
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for confirming a quantity of stored data in the first location matches the first quantity of user data in the second location.

A mass data storage system comprising:

• a plurality of memory storage locations;
• and
• a memory operating system logic for storing data in the plurality of memory storage locations, the memory operating system logic including:
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for receiving a first quantity of user data to be stored in the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data to a first location of the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data from the first location to a first selected memory location within the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data from the first location into a second location of the memory system when the first quantity of user data was successfully written to the first selected memory location;
• and
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for confirming a quantity of stored data in the first location matches the first quantity of user data in the second location.

A system for managing a computer memory system comprising:

• a memory operating system logic for writing to and reading data from a plurality of memory storage locations in the computer memory system, wherein at least a portion of the memory operating system logic is implemented in an integrated circuit included in a portion of a memory controller for the computer memory system, the memory operating system logic including:
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for receiving a first quantity of user data to be stored in the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data to a first location of the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for writing the first quantity of user data from the first location to a first selected memory location within the memory system;
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for identifying a failure in the first selected memory location;
• and
• computer readable instructions on computer readable media for identifying the first selected memory location as being unusable.