US 12,333,157 B2
Method for protecting partial space of SSD space and storage system
Yang Huang, Shanghai (CN); Zhetian Zhu, Shanghai (CN); Qian Cheng, Shanghai (CN); Zhengtian Feng, Shanghai (CN); and Longtao Gao, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to INNOGRIT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by INNOGRIT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,129.
Claims priority of application No. 202211236522.2 (CN), filed on Oct. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118816 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0623 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. A method for protecting partial space of SSD, wherein storage space of the SSD is divided into multiple regions and there is a partition table stored in the SSD, which includes region type of each region, the method comprises:
receiving, by the SSD, a command from a host to read the partition table; and
the SSD retrieving, the partition table, removing one or more regions, with the region type being locked, from the partition table, and returning the partially removed partition table; wherein the host instructed the SSD to sets the one or more regions type to locked.