Patent ID: 9740408
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying a solid-state storage device associated with a host server of a solid-state storage array; retrieving, from the solid-state storage device and by an application that is executed by a processing device of the host server of the solid-state storage array, a file from the solid-state storage device, the file specifying an organization of information included in a plurality of tables that are associated with characteristics of a plurality of data blocks of the solid-state storage device, the organization of the information specifying a plurality of data fields in each row of the plurality tables by identifying a location and size of each of the plurality of fields in each row of the plurality of tables; reading the file specifying the organization of the information included in the plurality of tables to identify a particular location of a particular data stored at one of the tables of the plurality of tables, the particular location being associated with one of the plurality of data fields in a particular row within the one of the tables and with a particular data block of the plurality of data blocks of the solid-state storage device; and performing a read operation or a write operation from the application of the host server to the file at the solid-state storage device based on the particular location of the particular data stored at the one of the tables of the plurality of tables that are associated with the characteristics of the plurality of data blocks of the solid-state storage device.