Utilizing flash optimized layouts which minimize wear of internal flash memory of solid state drives

Electronic apparatus, comprising:

• an interface constructed and arranged to connect with a set of solid state drives (SSDs);
• memory;
• and
• control circuitry coupled to the interface and the memory, the memory storing instructions which, when carried out by the control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to:
• (i) after a logical page size utilized by a set of solid state drives (SSDs) is identified and (ii) after, based on a first data storage application which stores a first data element including first data in a set of hard disk drives (HDDs), a second data storage application is created which distributes the first data from the first data element among a plurality of second data elements, and stores the plurality of second data elements in the set of SSDs, operate the second data storage application, in response to a change in the first data, to store, in the set of SSDs, a portion of the plurality of second data elements that includes distributed data corresponding to the change in the first data, wherein the portion of the plurality of the second data elements includes only the change in the first data, the first data element having a first size which is larger than the logical page size utilized by the set of SSDs, and each second data element having a second size which is equal to the logical page size utilized by the set of SSDs.

A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a set of instructions to manage data;

• the set of instructions, when carried out by computerized circuitry, causing the computerized circuitry to perform a method of:
• identifying a logical page size utilized by a set of solid state drives (SSDs);
• based on a first data storage application which stores a first data element including first data in a set of hard disk drives (HDDs), creating a second data storage application which distributes the first data from the first data element among a plurality of second data elements, and stores the plurality of second data elements in the set of SSDs, the first data element corresponding to a block of data having a first size which is larger than the logical page size utilized by the set of SSDs, and each second data element corresponding to a page of data having a second size which is equal to the logical page size utilized by the set of SSDs;
• and
• operating the second data storage application, in response to a change in the first data, to store, in the set of SSDs, a portion of the plurality of second data elements that includes distributed data corresponding to the change in the first data, wherein the portion of the plurality of the second data elements includes only the change in the first data.