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AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDaniel J. Linnen, Ramanathan Muthiah, Judah Gamliel Hahn
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A data storage device stores files in its memory. The files may be logically fragmented in that various parts of a given file may be located in non-continuous logical addresses, which can be disadvantageous. The host can send a request to the data storage device to reduce such logical fragmentation. For example, the host can send a swap command to the data storage device, in response to which the data storage device swaps the logical addresses of data fragments of two different files. This results in the logical address of one or both of the data fragments being continuous with the logical address of another data fragment of the same file. This logical address swap can take place without physically moving the data in the memory.
A data storage device comprising:
In a data storage device comprising a memory storing a data fragment of a first file and a data fragment of a second file, wherein a first logical address is associated with the data fragment of the first file and a second logical address is associated with the data fragment of the second file, a method comprising:
A data storage device comprising:
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