Patent ID: 8396999
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A hot spot tracking system, comprising: a storage device; a host controller operably coupled to the storage device and configured to managed input/output of the storage device; and a tracking engine operably coupled to the host controller and the storage device, wherein the tracking engine includes a storage map cycling between active status and passive status when the storage map in active status has reached a capacity amount, wherein input/output commands are stored in the storage map during active status, and wherein a current storage map in active status becomes a new storage map in passive status and is emptied, and wherein a current storage map in passive status becomes a new storage map in active status and is filled with input/output commands; wherein like input/output commands in the storage map during active status are counted and compared to a number, and wherein counts greater than the number are reported as hot spots.