Direct hinting for a memory device

An apparatus comprising:

• a data storage device including:
• a first data storage medium;
• a second data storage medium;
• a controller coupled to the first data storage medium and the second data storage medium, the controller adapted to:
• receive a write command from a host including first data to be stored at a first data storage location of the first data storage medium, the first data storage location is a direct hint partition that is a storage partition reserved to store the first data;
• store the first data at the first data storage location, the first data including information from the host instructing the data storage device to perform configuration operations specified in the first data;
• read the information from the first data storage location to receive instructions to perform the configuration operations;
• and
• configure the data storage device based on the information.

An apparatus comprising:

• a data storage device configured to:
• receive a write command from a host directing the data storage device to store configuration data included with the write command to a reserved partition of a first data storage medium, the reserved partition including a storage partition reserved for storing instructions from the host;
• store the configuration data to the reserved partition of the first data storage medium;
• read the configuration data from the first data storage medium to receive instructions from the host of operations to perform within the data storage device based on the configuration data;
• and
• transfer user data identified by the instructions from the first data storage medium to a second data storage medium based on the configuration data.