System and methods for performing embedded full-stripe write operations to a data volume with data elements distributed across multiple modules

A method for processing data between a host and a data volume implemented by a controller, the method comprising:

• defining a layout across a set of N solid state modules, the layout including multiple strides, each stride having at least two arranged stripes;
• storing, in cache memory, data received from a host that is to be stored in a data volume in the set of N solid state modules;
• determining, with the controller, when an amount of the data stored in the cache memory is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of a stride having a set of stripes defined in the layout;
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• when the amount of data stored in the cache memory is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of the stride, transferring the data from the cache memory to the N solid state modules in a single write operation.

A non-transitory storage medium including a set of instructions, said set of instructions adapted to be executed by a storage controller to enable a method for performing embedded full-stripe write operations to a data volume distributed across multiple solid-state storage modules, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for receiving, with a storage controller, a set of parameters that define a layout for distributing data across a set of N solid state storage modules, where N is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to 2, the layout defining multiple strides, each stride having a set of at least two stripes;
• instructions for storing, in a cache memory coupled to the storage controller, data received from a host that is to be stored in the set of N solid state modules;
• instructions for determining when an amount of data stored in the cache memory is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of a stride defined by the layout;
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• instructions for causing the controller to transfer the data stored in the cache memory to from the cache memory to the N solid state modules in a single write operation when a determination is made that the amount of data stored in the cache memory is equal to or exceeds the storage capacity of the stride defined by the layout.