Patent ID: 11893268
Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A data storage device comprising:
a data storage medium having at least one data storage surface;
at least one head configured to interact with the at least one data storage surface to perform data access operations;
a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one head, the processor configured to:
compute at least one access trajectory for the at least one head from a first location of the at least one data storage surface to at least one second location of the at least one data storage surface at which at least one primary data access operation is to be carried out by the at least one head;
determine whether an opportunity for the at least one head to commence at least one secondary data access operation exists along or proximate to the at least one access trajectory from the first disc surface location to the at least one second disc surface location;
in response to determining that the opportunity to commence the at least one secondary data access operation exists, commence the at least one secondary data access operation; and
determine how much of the secondary data access operation to complete based at least in part on one or more performance constraints on the primary data access operation or a group of data access operations including the primary data access operation.