Patent ID: 6651133
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: G06F,G11C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for storing data in first and second write-once memory devices, the method comprising:(a) sending, from a first write-once memory device to a file system, an indication of a minimum number of memory cells of the first write-once device that can be written into during a write operation; (b) writing data into no less than the indicated minimum number of memory cells of the first write-once memory device; (c) sending, from a second write-once memory device to the file system, an indication of a minimum number of memory cells of the second write-once memory device that can be written into during a write operation; and (d) writing data into no less than the indicated minimum number of memory cells of the second write-once memory device; wherein the file system is informed of the minimum numbers of memory cells that can be written into the memory devices during a write operation by the indications received from the memory devices and not by a driver installed on a data storage device.