Performance information in digital storage memory module apparatus and method

A method comprising:

• providing a digital storage memory module comprising:
• a housing;
• a first memory disposed within the housing, wherein the memory comprises a hot-swappable cinematic media content disk drive;
• a second memory disposed within the housing that is communicatively isolated with respect to the first memory and having performance information regarding the first memory stored therein, wherein the performance information comprises, at least in part, information regarding at least one of:
• a read error rate;
• spin-up time;
• a start/stop count;
• a reallocated sector count;
• a seek error rate;
• accumulated power-on hours;
• a spin retry count;
• a calibration retry count;
• a power cycle count;
• a read soft error rate;
• a present temperature;
• information regarding recovered hardware-based error correction codes;
• a reallocated event count;
• information regarding current/pending sectors;
• information regarding uncorrectable off-line events;
• information regarding an Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) error count;
• a first memory interface operably coupled to the first memory and being accessible external to the housing such that cinematic media content can be uploaded to and downloaded from the first memory;
• a second memory interface operably coupled to the second memory and being accessible external to the housing such that performance information regarding the first memory can be uploaded to and downloaded from the second memory;
• providing a memory module interface comprising:
• a first memory module interface that is arranged and configured to compatibly mechanically and electrically couple with the first memory interface of the digital storage memory module;
• a second memory module interface that is arranged and configured to compatibly mechanically and electrically couple with the second memory interface of the digital storage memory module;
• providing performance information regarding the first memory from the digital storage memory module via the first memory module interface;
• receiving the performance information regarding the first memory at the digital storage memory module via the second memory module interface.

A method comprising:

• providing a housing;
• providing in the housing a first memory, wherein the memory comprises a hot-swappable cinematic media content disk drive;
• providing in the housing a second memory that is communicatively isolated with respect to the first memory and that has performance information regarding the first memory stored therein, wherein the performance information comprises, at least in part, information regarding at least one of:
• a read error rate;
• spin-up time;
• a start/stop count;
• a reallocated sector count;
• a seek error rate;
• accumulated power-on hours;
• a spin retry count;
• a calibration retry count;
• a power cycle count;
• a read soft error rate;
• a present temperature;
• information regarding recovered hardware-based error correction codes;
• a reallocated event count;
• information regarding current/pending sectors;
• information regarding uncorrectable off-line events;
• information regarding an Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) error count;
• providing a first memory interface operably coupled to the first memory that is accessible external to the housing such that cinematic media content can be uploaded to and downloaded from the first memory;
• providing a second memory interface operably coupled to the second memory that is accessible external to the housing such that performance information regarding the first memory can be uploaded to and downloaded from the second memory.