Patent ID: 11892909
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method comprising:
detecting a failure of at least one memory device of a set of memory devices, wherein the failure affects stored data;
notifying a host system of a change in a capacity of the set of memory devices;
receiving, by a processing device, from the host system an indication to continue at a reduced capacity;
updating, by the processing device, the set of memory devices to change the capacity to the reduced capacity, wherein the updating comprises reducing a quantity of bits stored per memory cell of one or more memory devices of the set of memory devices;
notifying the host system that the set of memory devices comprise data in excess of the reduced capacity;
receiving, from the host system, a storage location for storing the data in excess of the reduced capacity;
storing the data in excess of the reduced capacity at the storage location, and
recovering, by the processing device, the stored data using recovery data in the set of memory devices.