Patent ID: 8438361

Claim:
A storage device comprising: one or more memory blocks, wherein at least one of the one or more memory blocks comprises one or more memory storage blocks, and wherein at least one of the one or more memory storage blocks comprises one or more physical blocks; and a controller configured to: monitor at least a frequency of read requests of one or more logical blocks referenced by one or more logical block addresses; select one or more physical blocks of a common memory storage block of the one or more memory storage blocks when at least the frequency of read requests is greater than or equal to a defined read access threshold; and in response to the selection, store the one or more logical blocks in the selected one or more physical blocks of the common memory storage block, which results in an increased likelihood of the one or more physical blocks being selected for garbage collection, wherein the increased likelihood of the one or more physical blocks being selected for garbage collection mitigates against read disturb in the one or more physical blocks.