Virtualized system and method of controlling access to nonvolatile memory device in virtualization environment

A virtualized system comprising:

• a nonvolatile memory device;
• a volatile memory device;
• and
• a processing circuitry configured to
• provide a virtualization environment,
• implement a plurality of containers configured to
• operate independently of each other in the virtualization environment and
• perform a flash translation layer operation inside the plurality of containers, the flash translation layer operation including converting a logical block address associated with a storage access operation of the nonvolatile memory device to a physical block address of the nonvolatile memory device, and
• implement a container engine configured to control the plurality of containers in the virtualization environment,
• wherein the container engine is further configured to allocate a plurality of unit storage regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of containers in a physical address space of the nonvolatile memory device, and
• wherein each container among the plurality of containers is configured to map the logical block address to the physical block address of each unit storage region corresponding to the container.

A method of controlling access to a nonvolatile memory device in a virtualization environment including a plurality of virtual units and a virtual unit manager configured to control the plurality of virtual units, the method comprising:

• allocating, by the virtual unit manager, a plurality of unit storage regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of virtual units in a physical address space of the nonvolatile memory device;
• performing, by each virtual unit among the plurality of virtual units, a flash translation layer operation to convert a logical block of the virtual unit to a physical block address of each unit storage region allocated to the virtual unit;
• and
• performing a storage access operation of the nonvolatile memory device based on the physical block address provided from each virtual unit.