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US 2025/0085891 A1Published application
Storage device synchronizing information on target zone and method for operating storage device
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorKyu Ho CHOI
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Abstract
A storage device may update, when executing a recovery operation for a sudden power-off, zone information for a target zone among a plurality of zones, and may transmit, after updating the zone information, an exception event alert message to a host. Further, the storage device may receive, after transmitting the exception event alert message, a command from the host, and may transmit updated zone information to the host as a response to the command.
Claims13
A storage device comprising:
- a memory including a plurality of memory units, each of the plurality of memory units being mapped to one of a plurality of zones which are managed by a host;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- update, when executing a recovery operation for a sudden power-off, zone information for a target zone among the plurality of zones,
- transmit, after updating the zone information, an exception event alert message to the host,
- receive, after transmitting the exception event alert message, a command from the host, and
- transmit the zone information to the host as a response to the command.
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A method for operating a storage device, the method comprising:
- updating, when executing a recovery operation for a sudden power-off, zone information for a target zone among a plurality of zones;
- transmitting, after updating the zone information, an exception event alert message to a host which manages the plurality of zones;
- receiving, after transmitting the exception event alert message, a command from the host;
- and
- transmitting the zone information to the host as a response to the command,
- wherein each of the plurality of zones includes at least one of a plurality of memory units.
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A system comprising:
- a host configured to manage a plurality of zones;
- and
- a storage device including a plurality of memory units, each of the plurality of memory units being mapped to one of the plurality of zones,
- wherein the storage device is configured to:
- update, when executing a recovery operation for a sudden power-off, zone information for a target zone among the plurality of zones,
- transmit, after updating the zone information, an exception event alert message to the host,
- receive, after transmitting the exception event alert message, a command from the host, and
- transmit the zone information to the host in response to the command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.