Patent ID: 8312204
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving first data to be stored to a first data storage medium; storing the first data to a first storage location in a nonvolatile data store of a second data storage medium comprising a solid-state memory; setting a write pointer to direct writing second data that is received to a next sequential storage location in the nonvolatile data store, the next sequential storage location comprising an address of the nonvolatile data store that is sequentially after an address of the first storage location, wherein when the address of the first storage location is a last address location of the nonvolatile data store, the write pointer is set to enable writing the second data to a first addressed location of the nonvolatile data store; writing the first data stored in the nonvolatile data store to the first data storage medium when a trigger occurs; and preserving the write pointer during the writing from the nonvolatile data store to the first data storage medium such that the write pointer enables writing the second data to the next sequential storage location.