Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Method and system for open NAND block detection and correction in an open-channel SSD

Abstract:

One embodiment provides a system which facilitates data management. The system allocates a superblock of a storage device, wherein the superblock is in an open state. The system writes data to the superblock. The system monitors, by a controller of the storage device, an amount of time that the superblock remains in the open state. Responsive to detecting a failure associated with a flash translation layer (FTL) module, the system determines that the monitored amount of time exceeds a predetermined threshold, and seals, by the controller, the superblock by writing directly to a respective free page in the superblock while bypassing one or more data-processing modules.