Abstract: Aspects of a storage device are provided including zone-based GC in a ZNS. The storage device includes a NVM and a controller. The NVM includes first blocks, second blocks, and third blocks. The controller creates a first superblock including the first blocks, a second superblock including the second blocks, and a third superblock including the third blocks. The controller allocates a first sub-drive including the first superblock for storing data overwrites and a second sub-drive including the second and third superblocks for storing sequential data in the NVM. During GC for superblocks respectively including data for a specific zone, the controller relocates written data for this zone from the first and third superblocks to the second superblock while refraining from relocating data associated with other zones from the first superblock to the second superblock. As a result, storage device cost, overprovisioning, and WAF may be reduced.

Abstract: Aspects of a storage device are provided that handle host commands associated with active and inactive zones using a hybrid L2P mapping system. The storage device includes a NVM, a controller, a first volatile memory and a second volatile memory. The controller allocates, as a superblock, one or more physical blocks respectively in one or more memory dies of the NVM, receives write commands including logical addresses associated with active zones, and stores in an L2P mapping table L2P address mappings of these logical addresses to physical addresses associated with either volatile memory or the superblock. The controller refrains from storing L2P address mappings for inactive zones, instead storing in a superblock mapping table a mapping of superblocks to inactive zones in response to respective zone finish commands. As a result, L2P mapping table sizes are reduced, zone read, reset, and TTR performance are increased, and reduced WAF is achieved.

Abstract: During a garbage collection process of a data storage device, superblocks may be filled with dummy data, which may decrease device performance. Embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for varying a size of a superblock to reduce or eliminate dummy data in a data storage device including a plurality of superblocks. Each of the plurality of superblocks including a plurality of die blocks.

Abstract: During a garbage collection process of a data storage device, superblocks may be filled with dummy data, which may decrease device performance. Embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for varying a size of a superblock to reduce or eliminate dummy data in a data storage device including a plurality of superblocks. Each of the plurality of superblocks including a plurality of die blocks.