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US 8,947,817 B1Granted
Storage system with media scratch pad
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsJihwan Chung, Andrew Kowles
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Abstract
A system or device that has a storage media and a storage controller configured to non-statically allocate a media scratch pad to one of a plurality of storage locations on the storage media. The plurality of storage locations may be, for example, on a disc surface, or on multiple disc surfaces.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a storage media;
- and
- a storage controller configured to non-statically allocate an active media scratch pad to one of a plurality of storage locations on the storage media,
- wherein at any given moment, there is only one active media scratch pad.
1 more element
A system comprising:
- a storage media with a plurality of surfaces;
- a single active media scratch pad that occupies a selected surface of the plurality of surfaces;
- and
- firmware configured to alter the selected surface over time.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- non-statically allocating an active media scratch pad to one of a plurality of surfaces on a storage media, wherein at any given moment, there is only one active media scratch pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.