Storage device with multiple storage units and control method thereof
AssigneeFelicity Taiwan Corporation
InventorChun-Te Yu
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Abstract
A storage device with multiple storage units, which is applicable to a system end. The storage device is a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state disk (SSD) with a standard size. The storage device includes a first storage unit and at least one memory storage unit. The memory storage unit and the first storage unit serve to back up and update each other. The storage device further includes a multiplex control unit and a power control unit connected to the multiplex control unit. According to the decision of the multiplex control unit, the power control unit controls turning on/off of the first storage unit and the memory storage unit.
Claims11
A storage device for data accessing, comprising:
- a hard drive interface, for connecting to a system end;
- a first solid-state storage unit, which is made of non-volatile memory devices, for storing data;
- a second storage unit, which is made of magnetic disks, for storing data;
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- a multiplex control unit, for multiplexing data from the first solid-state storage unit or the second storage unit to the system end via the hard drive interface, wherein each of the first solid-state storage unit and the second storage unit is configured and visible to the system end as an independent drive via the hard drive interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.