Patent ID: 11907569
Assignee: RADIAN MEMORY SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. The storage device of claim 1, wherein the logic is further to cause the storage device to:
store a value that represents a size corresponding to the selected one of the groups;
track metadata for each corresponding one of the groups, wherein the metadata for each corresponding one of the groups represents an extent to which the corresponding one of the groups can continue to receive writeable data without erasure;
receive a maintenance command from a host, wherein the maintenance command specifies the selected one of the groups; and
perform maintenance, responsive to the maintenance command, a which changes the extent the corresponding one of the groups can continue to receive writeable data without erasure of the one or more erase units corresponding to the selected one of the groups.