Storage device and method of operating the same

Abstract

A method of operating a storage device includes: periodically performing a patrol read operation on a memory device; storing failure information according to the patrol read operation in a buffer memory; generating an uncorrectable error as a result of a first error correction operation performed on read data of the memory device; loading the failure information from the buffer memory; and performing a second error correction operation on the read data by using the failure information.

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