Storage system and management method thereof

Abstract

A storage system capable of executing a managing operation based on timestamp and a management method are disclosed. The storage system includes a control unit and a memory unit connected to the control unit. The management method includes steps of: (a) issuing a control instruction comprising a timestamp to the control unit, wherein when the control unit receives the control instruction, the control unit starts to control the memory unit and accesses at least one storage space from the memory unit; and (b) sequentially counting plural numbers of instruction operations in plural time intervals, wherein the plural numbers of the instruction operations in each of the plural time intervals are stored in the at least one storage space. Since the peak period and the off-peak period of the storage system can be counted based on the timestamp, it facilitates the storage system to set a triggering time to execute a background operation.

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