Patent ID: 9477681
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a host device for managing files among different zones of storage media in at least one non-volatile data storage device, wherein at least a first zone is associated with a first type of storage media and a second zone is associated with a second type of storage media, the method comprising: accessing files stored in the first zone using a first file system executed by the host device; accessing files stored in the second zone using a second file system executed by the host device; determining whether at least one attribute of a file stored in the first zone meets an attribute criteria for the second zone; and if the at least one attribute meets the attribute criteria for the second zone, passing the file from the first file system to the second file system for storage of the file in the second zone while keeping metadata indicating the at least one attribute of the file in the first zone.