Patent ID: 8738846

Claim:
A storage system comprising: solid-state memory configured to store data persistently; a controller, coupled to the solid-state memory, that is configured to execute firmware in order to read, program, and erase physical portions of the solid-state memory, the controller associating each different physical portion of the solid-state memory with a different physical logical block address (PLBA); and a management module configured to: receive a first input-output request generated by a file system, the file system organizing units of user data and metadata by associating each unit of user data or metadata in the file system with a file system logical block address (FLBA), the first request including an indication of an FLBA associated with a particular unit of data that is a subject of the first request; translate the indicated FLBA into a PLBA associated with a particular physical portion of the solid-state memory; and transmit a second input-output request to the controller via a device driver, the second request including an indication of the PLBA in order to indicate which physical portion of the solid-state memory the controller should read, program, or erase in order to fulfill the first request.