Techniques for managing context information for a storage device

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by a processor included in a computing device, cause the computing device to restore context information when an inadvertent shutdown of the computing device occurs, by carrying out steps that include:

• identifying context information within a non-volatile memory, wherein the context information is separated into a plurality of silos, and each silo of the plurality of silos consists of a respective and distinct range of contiguous logical base addresses (LBAs) associated with the non-volatile memory;
• accessing a transaction log that is isolated from the context information, wherein the transaction log is stored within the non-volatile memory;
• and
• for each silo of the plurality of silos:
• loading the silo into a volatile memory, and
• in response to identifying, within the transaction log, that at least one transaction (i) applies to the silo, and (ii) occurred after a last write of the silo into the non-volatile memory:
• updating the silo to reflect the at least one transaction.

A computing device configured to restore context information when an inadvertent shutdown of the computing device occurs, the computing device comprising a processor configured to cause the computing device to carry out steps that include:

• identifying context information within a non-volatile memory, wherein the context
• information is separated into a plurality of silos, and each silo of the plurality of silos consists of a respective and distinct range of contiguous logical base addresses (LBAs) associated with the non-volatile memory;
• accessing a transaction log that is isolated from the context information, wherein the transaction log is stored within the non-volatile memory;
• and
• for each silo of the plurality of silos:
• loading the silo into a volatile memory, and
• in response to identifying, within the transaction log, that at least one transaction (i) applies to the silo, and (ii) occurred after a last write of the silo into the non-volatile memory:
• updating the silo to reflect the at least one transaction.