Storage device having a configurable command response trigger

A method of triggering a response to a command issued by a host device to a storage device, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a storage controller, one or more notifications corresponding to host data transferred over the storage interface from the host device to the storage device, the host data corresponding to the command;
• triggering, by a response circuit connected to the storage controller, a response to the host device, wherein the triggering comprises:
• tracking, by a first counter of the response circuit, the one or more notifications, the one or more notifications corresponding to an entirety of the host data such that each of the notifications corresponds to a portion of the host data from among the entirety of the host data;
• receiving, by the response circuit, one or more acknowledgments from the storage controller, the one or more acknowledgments corresponding to the one or more notifications such that each of the acknowledgments corresponds to a notification from among the one or more notifications;
• tracking, by a second counter of the response circuit, the plurality of acknowledgments;
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• selecting, by a response trigger of the response circuit, one from among the first counter and the second counter to trigger the response;
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• transmitting, by the response circuit, the response to the host device according to a state of the selected one from among the first counter and the second counter.