Solid-state storage device with programmable physical storage access

A solid-state storage device comprising:

• a data interface connectable to a host computer, the data interface supporting data communication between the storage device and the host,
• a set of one or more digital non-volatile storage units configured to store data communicated via the data interface, and
• a storage device controller connected to the data interface and configured to receive:
• i) a write request and a data payload and in response retrievably store at least a part of the received payload in one or more of the storage units, and
• ii) a read request for data previously retrievably stored in one or more of the storage units, and in response retrieve said data,
• wherein the storage controller is configured to:
• receive a set of one or more rules, each rule comprising:
• i) one or more request conditions to be evaluated for a storage device action request received from a host computer, and
• ii) one or more request actions to be performed on a physical address space of one or more of the storage units in case the one or more request conditions are all fulfilled,
• receive a storage device action request, and
• evaluate a first rule of the one or more rules by determining if the received request fulfills all request conditions comprised in the first rule, and in the affirmative the storage device performing all request actions comprised in the first rule.

A digital controller configured to:

• receive a set of one or more rules, each rule comprising:
• i) one or more request conditions to be evaluated for a storage device action request received from a host computer, and
• ii) one or more request actions to be performed on a physical address space of one or more non-volatile storage units in case the one or more request conditions are fulfilled,
• receive a storage device action request, and
• evaluate a first rule of the one or more rules by determining if the received request fulfills all request conditions comprised in the first rule, and in the affirmative the storage device performing all request actions comprised in the first rule.